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Fundamental research
Fundamental research, in comparison to applied research, is an area of scientific research that focuses on progressing rudimentary scientific theories with the goal of further understanding scientific basics and making educated predictions on observed phenomena.
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DEC 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell division is a fundamental process in life. Our cells must continually replicate, and that replication and growth ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 30, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded by a contribution by Paul G. Allen, a cofounder of Microsoft, in 2014. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2016Cardiology
Maternal nutrition is vital for the develop of the fetus before birth and for the baby after birth. A new study shows th ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New neurons in the brain of adult rodents are regulated by the blood vessels that are associated with them. Research tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 26, 2016Chemistry & Physics
YALE / BROWN (US) — A scientist’s breakfast sparked new research into how floating objects—like pieces ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)OCT 23, 2016Immunology
What is it about dust mites that make them such a strong allergen for so many people? Scientists from Duke University an ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 20, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Model organisms are vital to scientific research. They provide researchers with a way to analyze biochemical events in v ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Recent work in the Journal of Molecular Biology has described how advances in technology and biology could produce a thr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 30, 2016Microbiology
Current hospital laboratory testing is not great at identifying bacterial infections; it can take precious time and reso ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 28, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: Noel Clark, University of Colorado LA JOLLA, CA – September 28, 2016 – A new study led by scie ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)SEP 24, 2016Plants & Animals
It has long been known that dolphins are some of the brightest wild creatures on the planet, but it wasn’t until r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 23, 2016Microbiology
Albufera Lake in Valencia, Spain is a lagoon that set the stage for a recent study analyzing the ability of moths to tol ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 23, 2016Plants & Animals
If you’re a little tree sapling in the middle of a forest somewhere, then you’re easy picking for animals li ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 11, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Junk DNA refers to regions of the genome that did not at first appear to have any function or relevance. Research over t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2016Plants & Animals
Science today is becoming a lot more like the science fiction of 30 years ago. The minds of great scientists have come u ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 01, 2016Health & Medicine
Authors of the new study include (left to right) Zhe Zhuang, Tao Liu, Jin-Quan Yu, Gang Chen and Yan-Qiao Chen. LA JOLLA ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)AUG 31, 2016Plants & Animals
Often times when pet fish owners get tired of being pet fish owners, they’ll dump their pets into the local wild w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 29, 2016Neuroscience
It’s well know that sleep deprivation can cause a host of problems from inattention to depression and even certain ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Glucocorticoids are steroidal hormones that signal through the glucorticoid receptor in complex ways throughout the body ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Neurons signal to each other throughout the body using a connection called a synapse. While they are very small, they ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 13, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Using powerful microscopy techniques, researchers have learned more about autophagy, a waste recycling process employed ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2016Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 1, 2016 – A new international collaboration involving scientists at The Scripps Resear ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
DEC 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cell division is a fundamental process in life. Our cells must continually replicate, and that replication and growth ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 30, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Allen Institute for Cell Science was founded by a contribution by Paul G. Allen, a cofounder of Microsoft, in 2014.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2016
Cardiology
Maternal nutrition is vital for the develop of the fetus before birth and for the baby after birth. A new study shows th
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New neurons in the brain of adult rodents are regulated by the blood vessels that are associated with them. Research tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 26, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
YALE / BROWN (US) — A scientist’s breakfast sparked new research into how floating objects—like pieces
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
OCT 23, 2016
Immunology
What is it about dust mites that make them such a strong allergen for so many people? Scientists from Duke University an
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 20, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research from investigators at Duke University could have implications for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, scar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Model organisms are vital to scientific research. They provide researchers with a way to analyze biochemical events in v
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Recent work in the Journal of Molecular Biology has described how advances in technology and biology could produce a thr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his influential work inves
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 30, 2016
Microbiology
Current hospital laboratory testing is not great at identifying bacterial infections; it can take precious time and reso
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 28, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Image Credit: Noel Clark, University of Colorado LA JOLLA, CA – September 28, 2016 – A new study led by scie
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
SEP 24, 2016
Plants & Animals
It has long been known that dolphins are some of the brightest wild creatures on the planet, but it wasn’t until r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 23, 2016
Microbiology
Albufera Lake in Valencia, Spain is a lagoon that set the stage for a recent study analyzing the ability of moths to tol
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 23, 2016
Plants & Animals
If you’re a little tree sapling in the middle of a forest somewhere, then you’re easy picking for animals li
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Junk DNA refers to regions of the genome that did not at first appear to have any function or relevance. Research over t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2016
Plants & Animals
Science today is becoming a lot more like the science fiction of 30 years ago. The minds of great scientists have come u
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2016
Health & Medicine
Authors of the new study include (left to right) Zhe Zhuang, Tao Liu, Jin-Quan Yu, Gang Chen and Yan-Qiao Chen. LA JOLLA
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
AUG 31, 2016
Plants & Animals
Often times when pet fish owners get tired of being pet fish owners, they’ll dump their pets into the local wild w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s well know that sleep deprivation can cause a host of problems from inattention to depression and even certain
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Glucocorticoids are steroidal hormones that signal through the glucorticoid receptor in complex ways throughout the body
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neurons signal to each other throughout the body using a connection called a synapse. While they are very small, they ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 13, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Using powerful microscopy techniques, researchers have learned more about autophagy, a waste recycling process employed
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2016
Immunology
LA JOLLA, CA – August 1, 2016 – A new international collaboration involving scientists at The Scripps Resear
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)