摘要
Science,the never-ending frontier,is a major driving force for innovation in society.Unexpected discoveries in a particular area point to novel streams of innovation in other fields;new insights gained by theory shine light onto many so far untouched challenges.New methods and technologies in research trigger innovations in fields that were believed to be disparate for long.At the same time society expects science to solve important problems in the further development by health care and medicine,pave the road to sustainable technologies and industries that will increase the public wealth and thereby contribute to the well-being of the whole so-
Science, the never-ending fron- tier, is a major driving force for innovation in society. Un- expected discoveries in a par- ticular area point to novelstreams of innovation in other fields; new insights gained by theory shine light onto many so far untouched challenges. New methods and technologies in research trigger innovations in fields that were be- lieved to be disparate for long.
