The need for Basic Energy Research

The need for Basic Energy Research

About the Authors Giorgio Benedek, former Professor of Structure of Matter at the University of Milano-Bicocca and Visiting Professor at the Donostia International Physics Center in San Sebastian, is presently the EPL Editor-in-Chief and Fellow of EPS. He is a condensed matter physicist mainly interested in surface dynamics, surface phonon spectroscopy, electron-phonon interaction, and low-dime...

The Need and Opportunity for Basic Research into Chiropractic

ACO Volume 7 • Number 3 • November 1998 The distinction between basic and applied research was established in the first half of this century. Basic research was regarded as the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake. Scientists sought to unravel the secrets of nature pushing the boundaries of understanding without the limitations of a pragmatic goal. In the modern interpretation basic research t...

Basic Research Needs for Solar Energy Utilization

The Need for Research

Why we need more basic biology research, not less

Much of the spectacular progress in biomedical science over the last half-century is the direct consequence of the work of thousands of basic scientists whose primary goal was understanding of the fundamental working of living things. Despite this, many politicians, funders, and even scientists have come to believe that the pace of successful applications to medical diagnosis and therapy is lim...