fundamental science

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fundamental
adjective
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/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.təl/us
/ˌfʌn.dəˈmen.t̬əl/
forming the base, from which everything ...
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science
noun
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/ˈsaɪ.əns/us
/ˈsaɪ.əns/
(knowledge from) the careful study of the structure and behaviour of the physical world, especially by watching, measuring, and doing experiments, and the development of theories to describe the results of ...
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(Definition offundamentalandsciencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But progress infundamentalscienceoften brings great economic benefits.
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Research onfundamentalsciencehas to be directed by scientific considerations, not economic ones.
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Initially developed for thermonuclear targets, such media are of interest forfundamentalscienceand are applied in other fields.
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Where shouldfundamentalsciencebe done?
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I think we need have no fears regardingfundamentalscience.
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Our achievements infundamentalsciencestand second to none.
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Initially developed for thermonuclear targets, the low density media are of interest forfundamentalscienceand are applicable in other fields.
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These examples show that it is possible to undertake research that not only has a developmental impact, but which also contributes tofundamentalscience.
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Among many important points, it comments upon the dependence of technology onfundamentalscienceand the reverse dependence, that of fundamental science on technology.
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With that, we have to ask whether biotechnology is afundamentalscience, because the borderline between applied science and fundamental science is grey at this stage.
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These universities are offering some of the most important courses in the arts andfundamentalscience.
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The work of these research associations ranges fromfundamentalscienceto the most practical of applied technology.
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We have, in my opinion, too much concentration onfundamentalscienceand not enough links between science and industry.
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We are only beginning to understand whatfundamentalscience, well worked out and well applied, can do for humanity.
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Physics is a branch offundamentalscience, not practical science.
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Surely, these graduates are the best missionaries of science, the best people to link industry withfundamentalsciencein the universities.
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Investment infundamentalscienceis always cost-effective for the nation, because it allows us to make decisions with certainty rather than guessing.
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This is certainly not to say, of course, that pure orfundamentalscience, designed to meet long-term needs, is irrelevant.
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One of the crucial points aboutfundamentalscienceis that we do not this year know what will come next year.
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Fundamentalscienceprovides the background of ideas and opportunities for training the people who will take forward science and technology throughout the economy.
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It has a broad and well-balanced base offundamentalscience—from bimolecular science, through genetics and physiology to complex biological and engineering systems.
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Although numerous private sector research laboratories carry out important basic research, the culture offundamentalscienceconsists essentially of an academic network.
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Garvan strives to enhance and develop research programs that combinefundamentalsciencewith strong clinical interactions.
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His work is applicable to a wide range of industrial andfundamentalscienceproblems.
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They practice integrated interdisciplinary approach to study interpenetratedfundamentalsciencecourses and clinical subjects.
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