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2 Key Characteristics of U.S. Chemistry Research
2 Key Characteristics of U.S. Chemistry Research
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1 NationalResearch Council, 2003, Beyond the Molecular Frontier: Challenges for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C.
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standing in green chemistry/engineering, sustainability, and energy production. Academic chemists have traditionally operated as single investigators with a team of graduate students and postdoctoral research associates, but increasingly academic chemists are joining larger multidisciplinary teams that bring together chemists and scientists from other scientific and engineering areas (see Figure 4-1)
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Chemistry in the United States also benefits from a large base of research facilities, including synchrotron sources, nuclear reactors, and large-scale supercomputers. Computational research, involving supercomputers and computer
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HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR THE UNITED STATES TO LEAD IN CHEMISTRY RESEARCH? Chemistry is both a central science and an enabling science.
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Medical research in particular is moving toward the molecular level, and rigorous chemistry is central to future progress in medicine. As outlined in the National Institutes of Health Roadmap for Medical Research,2 current national priorities include new pathways to discovery in emerging and needed areas of research such as biological pathways (including metabolism)
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Chemistry is playing a central role in helping the United States attain energy independence. Almost all aspects of the national response to alternative energy issues involve chemistry -- carbon dioxide sequestration, liquid fuels from coal, ethanol from corn and cellulose, the hydrogen economy, fuel cells, new battery concepts, and new concepts for solar energy.
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To the extent possible, in this report, specific countries are mentioned in connection with particular areas of chemistry. While ample data were available on human resources and research funding for the United States, the panel had little comparable data for Europe and Asia.
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