A follower of random walk theory might conclude that an index fund is the best choice as individual stock prices are utterly random. Learn how to use this as an investor.

The debate over the relative value of basic versus applied research has played out in the pages of C&EN for decades. The lead paragraph of a “Research” department story in the Nov. 11, 1957 ...

The aim of applied sociology is claimed to be social amelioration through the application of the knowledge acquired by pure or basic sociology. For Ward, following Comte, applied sociology was to be ...

The appropriate kind of theory in library and information science is applied or practical theory, i.e., it focuses on the design of procedures for the effective performance of professional tasks.

Quantum Computation and Quantum Information by Nielsen and Chuang is the foundational text, covering algorithms, cryptography, and computational complexity. Qua ...

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 ...

A pioneering study titled "Product Family Modeling Technology for Customized Cosmetic Packaging Based on Basic-Element Theory" has been published in the Journal of Dermatologic Science and ...