But there are natural flows to human discovery and knowledge, and basic and applied research are not enemies.
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The IBM supercomputer Watson beating humans at Jeopardy is a recent example of how they have applied research.
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Applied research solves practical problems, such as improving the energy efficiency of vehicles.
The NSF established precedents for support of basic as well as applied research.
Katz also likes an exercise called "histories of the future, " originated by Center for Applied Research, a management consulting outfit.
Rather it is the practice of focused interaction on problems from different approaches through applied research, as well as investigating ideas for pure research purposes.
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While PARC may be doing more applied research than it was known for in the past, the research center is still doing work on the cutting edge.
Venture capital is frequently the only private money willing to take a chance on commercializing the revolutionary ideas coming out of basic and applied research into solar cells, batteries, or biofuels.
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But it is not impossible that the resultant blurring of basic and applied research, allied to the emergence of the core-and-cloud university, will turn out to revitalise university science rather than damage it.
In response, NPEs say they encourage innovation by rewarding small inventors and by helping to make a market for patents, which also makes it easier to manage the risk of investments in applied research.
And because our economic future depends on our leadership in the industries of the future, we are investing in basic applied research, and working to create the incentives to build a new clean energy economy.
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The findings add to growing evidence that calorie restriction can benefit health and longevity, but this shouldn't prompt already skinny seniors to start dieting, said Carol Greenwood, a senior scientist and assistant director of the Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit at Baycrest, a Toronto academic medical center focused on aging.
It is probably fair to say that deep-sea research today is equally important to both pure and applied research, since the discovery of new species not only nurtures basic knowledge but is also likely to lead to the identification of new chemicals, which in turn tend to lead to new applications and new economic markets.
The first issues started to appear in 2011, namely: Applied Water Science, Journal of Petroleum Exploration and Production Technology, Applied Petrochemical Research, Applied Nanoscience, and 3Biotech.
In 1965, a programmer at Applied Digital Research (ADR), named Marty Goetz, filed the first software patent.
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In July, Stanford University submitted a bid to construct a satellite campus for applied science research on Roosevelt Island.
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Barton, who did her postdoctoral work with Pace, has applied his research toward identifying new species that may fight life-threatening diseases.
The Volker Medal is for hydrologists who have applied their research and hydrological expertise to the benefit of society, addressing issues of public interest and development.
Overall growth may not exceed last year's rate of 5.7% (the National Council of Applied Economic Research forecasts a growth rate of 5.5% for the fiscal year ending in March).
Stanford University this week formally submitted a tentative proposal to the city of New York to build a campus for applied science research and graduate education on Roosevelt Island, with the intent that the campus would serve as a hub for innovation and economic growth.
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We should reject the sometimes implied disdain for applied, practical research relative to basic in in advancing basic knowledge.
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There are many who believe that it is wrong to have abortions and the same argument is applied to embryonic research.
The Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, at Porton Down in Salisbury, is the only place in the world that can manufacture a licensed vaccine against anthrax.
Professor Philip Marsh, of the Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Salisbury, said it should be possible to control the environment in the mouth more effectively to stop the good bacteria being killed off, and to modify the conditions that favour the growth of the harmful organisms.
Developing a complicated procedure to purify stem cells for human trials was difficult at Scripps, because academic settings and government grants support basic research, not the applied-process development required for such targeted research, and Friedlander didn't want to go the typical venture-capital route.
The Centre for Applied Positive Psychology promotes research into techniques for boosting personal contentment.
Based on statistics from research firm Applied Analysis, in 1990, 58% of all tourism dollars spent in Las Vegas went to gambling.
Forensic laboratories are already overburdened, and are places of applied science rather than basic research.
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