Last fall, a year after the anthrax attacks sounded a bioterrorism alarm, Anthony S. Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, promised that he would strive to ...

This article describes the place of the basic/applied science distinction in negotiations over the limits of secrecy between the U.S. “scientific” community and the American government. It combines an ...

The federal government is more likely to fund curiosity-driven basic research, while industry is more likely to support ...

Across scientific disciplines, psychology being no exception, a distinction is often made between basic and applied research. Basic research, as this distinction goes, is ivory-tower research, with no ...

Kolkata: Those who lead scientific institutions must ensure a balance between basic and applied research, director general of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) Shekhar C Mande said ...

I begin by relating the importance of both basic and applied research to a fundamental predicament in decision making, optimization, and RL known as the exploration-exploitation dilemma. Seen through ...

The recent budget emphasises operationalising the Anusandhan National Research Fund (ANRF) for research and prototype development and increasing private participation in generating funds for research.

This past weekend, I was invited to be part of the “Science Foo Camp,” an annual gathering of science-y folks hosted by Google and O’Reilly Media. This is usually held as an in-person gathering at the ...