Geoengineering: Basic science and ongoing research efforts in China

Developments in basic science research.

The 13th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections featured a strong basic science program that provided new findings on the nature of HIV disease as well as surprises regarding the antiviral action of innate restriction factors.

Basic science research in medicine.

The utility of research in basic sciences is not discernible to the casual observer, as most of it is undertaken to answer scientific questions rather than with the goal to cater to the needs of a particular discipline. The relevance of basic sciences to medicine is not immediate, as decades pass before the relevance of a particular research can be recognized. One recent example is Robert Edwar...

Ongoing standardization efforts

The JPEG committee has been continuing its activities on definition of international standards related to still image coding systems in order to prepare the ground for interoperable solutions, products and services, which make use of digital images. Currently, JPEG committee is pursuing three such efforts, namely, JPSearch, which deals with annotation, search and retrieval of digital images and...

Common Statistical Pitfalls in Basic Science Research

T he analysis of clinical samples, population samples, and controlled trials is typically subjected to rigorous statistical review. This fact is understandable, given that the results of clinical investigation will often be used to inform patient care or clinical decision making. One would not want to predicate patient advice on research findings that are not correctly interpreted or valid. For...

BRICS Basic Research in Computer Science