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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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JAN 28, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The characteristics of a cell and an organism are largely due to the genes that they express. When genes are active, the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 27, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from McGill University have discovered one of the possible mechanisms by which lysergic acid diethylamide (L ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 26, 2021Earth & The Environment
A recent report released from The Microbiology Society features soil health as one of the most urgent areas of concern. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 26, 2021Chemistry & Physics
Could microwaves harbor the potential to inactivate viral aerosol particles and stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2? New resea ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 19, 2021Earth & The Environment
In an interdisciplinary collaboration, researchers from MBARI, the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, and Woods Hole Oc ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 16, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of primarily as an intermediary between the coding portions of DNA and proteins, our understanding of RNA a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Gene therapy holds tremendous promise for its potential to cure genetic diseases. We've also recently seen how critical ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2020Earth & The Environment
New research on subduction zones and the slow-slip behavior of tectonic plates provides insight into how megathrust eart ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 16, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The cell has many specialized components that perform specific functions, like an organelle called the endoplasmic retic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 16, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Research published recently in the journal Nature Chemistry reports on the development of a new technique that uses ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 06, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a type of highly reactive molecule that is thought to be damaging to cellular structur ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 06, 2020Space & Astronomy
Nebulas are vast clouds of dust and gas that are remnants of exploded stars or in other cases, nurseries for where stars ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 02, 2020Cancer
While telomere shortening has been thought to be an adverse sign of aging, new research suggests that the shortening of ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 23, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Therapeutically relevant ion channels have inspired researchers to look into drugs that can regulate their activity. Ion ...Written By: Nouran AminNOV 19, 2020Space & Astronomy
Mars was once a planet with oceans of water. So what happened to all of it? Researchers used a tool called MAVEN (Mars A ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 14, 2020Chemistry & Physics
STEVE is in the sky! STEVE, as is Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, the purple and green streaks that have b ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 10, 2020Plants & Animals
It has been thought that ancient human groups had a loose structure in which men were the hunters and women were the gat ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 09, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia are studying an immunotherapy that has shown early pro ...Written By: Annie LennonNOV 05, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Metabolomics is an umbrella term encompassing lipidomics and the study of smaller polar metabolites. As such, more ...Sponsored By: Human Metabolome TechnologiesNOV 02, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells have to be flexible and move with each other and our bodies. When cells get overstretched, they have to be able to ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 23, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Research published recently in the journal Nature Communications considers the influence of the quantum mechanics c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 21, 2020Microbiology
Ebola virus can pass from animals to humans, and between people. Rarely, it causes outbreaks but when it does, they can ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 19, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Traumatic experiences can have a lasting impact, and kids that suffer through them can feel the effects for a lifetime. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 25, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Physicists believe that our observable universe exists in a mirrored configuration: any fundamental particle such as pro ...Written By: Daniel Duan
JAN 28, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The characteristics of a cell and an organism are largely due to the genes that they express. When genes are active, the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 27, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from McGill University have discovered one of the possible mechanisms by which lysergic acid diethylamide (L
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 26, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A recent report released from The Microbiology Society features soil health as one of the most urgent areas of concern.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 26, 2021
Chemistry & Physics
Could microwaves harbor the potential to inactivate viral aerosol particles and stop the spread of SARS-CoV-2? New resea
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 19, 2021
Earth & The Environment
In an interdisciplinary collaboration, researchers from MBARI, the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, and Woods Hole Oc
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 16, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Once thought of primarily as an intermediary between the coding portions of DNA and proteins, our understanding of RNA a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Gene therapy holds tremendous promise for its potential to cure genetic diseases. We've also recently seen how critical
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2020
Earth & The Environment
New research on subduction zones and the slow-slip behavior of tectonic plates provides insight into how megathrust eart
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 16, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The cell has many specialized components that perform specific functions, like an organelle called the endoplasmic retic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 16, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Research published recently in the journal Nature Chemistry reports on the development of a new technique that uses
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 06, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a type of highly reactive molecule that is thought to be damaging to cellular structur
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 06, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Nebulas are vast clouds of dust and gas that are remnants of exploded stars or in other cases, nurseries for where stars
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 02, 2020
Cancer
While telomere shortening has been thought to be an adverse sign of aging, new research suggests that the shortening of
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 23, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Therapeutically relevant ion channels have inspired researchers to look into drugs that can regulate their activity. Ion
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
NOV 19, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Mars was once a planet with oceans of water. So what happened to all of it? Researchers used a tool called MAVEN (Mars A
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
STEVE is in the sky! STEVE, as is Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement, the purple and green streaks that have b
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 10, 2020
Plants & Animals
It has been thought that ancient human groups had a loose structure in which men were the hunters and women were the gat
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 09, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia are studying an immunotherapy that has shown early pro
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
NOV 05, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Metabolomics is an umbrella term encompassing lipidomics and the study of smaller polar metabolites. As such, more
...
Sponsored By:
Human Metabolome Technologies
NOV 02, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells have to be flexible and move with each other and our bodies. When cells get overstretched, they have to be able to
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 23, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Research published recently in the journal Nature Communications considers the influence of the quantum mechanics c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 21, 2020
Microbiology
Ebola virus can pass from animals to humans, and between people. Rarely, it causes outbreaks but when it does, they can
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 19, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Traumatic experiences can have a lasting impact, and kids that suffer through them can feel the effects for a lifetime.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 25, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Physicists believe that our observable universe exists in a mirrored configuration: any fundamental particle such as pro
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan