Applied Research

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Applied Research
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The experimental investigation of a specific practical problem for the immediate purpose of creating a new product, improving an older one, or evaluating a proposed ingredient. The experimental program is set up to answer the question “What happens?” rather than “Why does it happen?” Examples are the determination of the value of a new rubber antioxidant, the substitution of one drying oil for another in a paint formulation, and the development of a new synthetic product. While applied research has produced the multitude of new materials that have revolutionized industry, agriculture, and medicine in the last 50 years or so, its achievements have usually been practical outgrowths of prior fundamental research.