#Basicresearch

It turns out that really often the new technologies we create to solve hard problems in exploratory science end up being useful for hard problems in other parts of life. #BasicResearch

The technology behind the mirror in @NASAWebb's #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope is being used to make #LASIK eye surgery safer and more effective.

In 2024, NIH-supported #BasicResearch led to several noteworthy advances, including insights into the H5N1 avian flu outbreak, mapping how cancers form and spread, and progress in understanding the brain.

In 2023, innovative #NIH-supported #BasicResearch led to numerous noteworthy advances, including a contraceptive that disables sperm, detailed cellular maps of human and animal brains, and a vaccine that could provide broad protection against microbes.

Congrats to #NIH-funded @ucberkeley Jennifer Doudna for winning the 2020 #NobelPrize in Chemistry! @doudna_lab shares the prize with Emmanuelle Charpentier for developing CRISPR/Cas9, the gene-editing tool that has contributed to many important discoveries

The American public should be proud of their part in supporting such breakthrough medical discoveries, which result from #basicresearch done by many scientists over a long period of time. #NIH

Scientists @AFResearchLab have developed an #innovative liquid metal material that autonomously increases conductivity in response to strain up to 700%. (AFOSR PO: Dr. Byung “Les” Lee, Mechanics of Multifunctional Materials and Microsystems) #BasicResearch

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What fine-tunes sodium reabsorption in the kidney? New #BasicResearch in #ASNJASN uncovered a SLCO4A1 → PGE₂ → EP receptor pathway that regulates tubular sodium transport and water balance, with potential implications for hypertension and fluid overload.

Researchers @UTAustin and @penn_state have discovered a new type of fiber that performs like a muscle actuator— and is simple to make and recycle. @AFResearchLab #BasicResearch #AFOSRBoldResearch #ArtificialMuscles @JohnCornyn

Many of these #science breakthroughs couldn't have happened without #BasicResearch:

.@NIGMS has supported 87 Nobel laureates—43 in physiology or medicine, and 44 in chemistry. Read about the impacts of these #BasicResearch discoveries for health and science: #ThisIsNIH #ThisIsNIGMS

Last summer, @US_FDA approved the cancer drug belzutifan. Read how #BasicResearch supported by #NIH’s @theNCI helps make these discoveries possible. #NIHBasicScience

We are seeking expressions of interest or nominations for a position as a Director of a Scientific Department at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry near Munich, Germany. ❕ #Biology #TechnologyDevelpment #BasicResearch #MaxPlanckSociety

Where would medicine be, if not for #basicresearch? Why #sciencematters this election cycle:

A team of researchers, led by the @UChicago, has been awarded an #AFOSRMURI research grant to understand & create a quantum computing counterpart to the random access memory, or RAM, that helps everyday computers operate. @AFResearchLab #BasicResearch #Quantum #QuantumComputing

What is it that drives #basicresearch? What is it like... pushing the frontier of knowledge? Observing, deriving, testing models... There are few places in the world that allow you to boldly embrace your #curiosity. Learn more about one of them: 📺🍿

Join @microbelab @YaleMed! New #postdoc applications welcome to continue excellent #basicresearch investigating #Btheta #microbiome #microbiology

Why is it important to support #BasicResearch? “Basic scientific discovery is the engine that powers the biomedical enterprise.” – @NIHDirector #ThisIsNIH #ThisIsNIGMS @NIGMS

#ASNJASN: A new approach for ADPKD? Low-dose abemaciclib reduced cyst growth more effectively than tolvaptan in mouse models and even reversed disease progression in some animals by restoring polycystin function in kidney cilia. #BasicResearch

Early NASP Scramjet Design Benefits (1987-89): Prof Ron Hanson developed a new diagnostic tool adopted by the NASP JPO in '89 for optimizing scramjet engine designs for hypersonic flight. #BasicResearch #Hypersonics #HypersonicFlight #AFOSR80s #AFOSR70 #70YearsofInnovation #TBT

Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️ If you found a pot of gold, what scientific research would you fund? #BasicResearch #Science #Technology #Engineering #Mathematics #STEM #StPatricksDay🌈☘️