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Jun
2009

Impact of Basic Research on Innovation
by Moderator in Personal Perspectives  |  Comments [3] Tags: dod doe nih nist nsf research
The development of MP3 technologies illustrates the unexpected benefits of basic research. In 1965, a hand-sized storage and playback device that would hold 15,000 recorded songs was the stuff of science fiction. Even simple hand-held calculators were rare and expensive at that time. Research funded by the Department of Defense, the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Energy, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology contributed to the breakthrough technologies of magnetic storage drives, lithium-ion batteries, and the liquid crystal display, which came together in the development of MP3 devices. The device itself is innovative, but it built upon a broad platform of component technologies, each derived from fundamental studies in physical science, mathematics, and engineering.[Read More]

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Mar
2009

Science Depends on the Diffusion of Knowledge
by Walt Warnick in Personal Perspectives  |  Comments [1] Tags: deep-web diffusion-of-knowledge isaac-newton nsf

Godfrey Kneller's 1689 portrait of Isaac NewtonAs Isaac Newton said, "If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants." Newton was not alone on those shoulders. Everyone in science, from his day to ours, draws on the work of others.

Science is all about the flow of knowledge:  New methods, instruments, techniques, concepts, results, questions, data, etc.  The flows are endless, complex and in all directions.  It is rightly called a diffusion process.  This concept is reflected in a host of statutes that form the legislative basis for OSTI.

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