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Innovation in the News
We have already covered much of the theory of discovery, science, creativity and innovation in Previous Issues of the if++ Innovation Forum. Now we take a look at applied innovation, by focusing on topical issues and articles in the news. You can, however, also steer the course of if++ by voting on your chosen areas of interest and expressing your own views.
Pure Science 2 Innovation (CERN)
Happy birthday CERN: 50 years old. Today provides an appropriate opportunity to look at one amazing aspect of pure science, and its relevance to innovation. CERN is a fine example of pure scientific research: high energy particle physics. It is right at the forefront of discovery into the fundamentals of "everything". It aims to improve our understanding of how the universe works: what matter consists of, and how the four fundamental forces of nature work. This research involves some amazing extremes:
1 Based on the approximate space particles occupy in an atomic nucleus. Pure science research is typically conducted to improve our knowledge and understanding; and to satisfy our desire to explore and discover. You may ask, what value does that deliver to innovation and applications in the "real world"? Well you do not necessarily know where the findings of pure science will take you, to some extent it is a journey of discovery into the unknown. However, looking at the history of pure science we can make the following statement: By improving our understanding of the things around us, we are better equipped to apply those things in new ways, which leads to new opportunities, and improvements in effectiveness and efficiency. So what sort of applications have come out of CERN, and particle physics research in general? Well here are two well known examples:
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