The direction of the life sciences sector is strongly guided by technology-push mechanisms.
The expected advantage of effective public engagement in shaping the direction of innovative science is the broadening of the innovation agenda to a wider array of values and interests.
So personalized medicine, which makes medical decisions based on patients' genetic content, becomes the main direction of the future medical science.
A slight change in presentation, however, may shift attitudes in the direction of climate science and away from the vicissitudes of local weather.
One of the many frightening aspects of life under Joseph Stalin was the central direction of science by the Communist party.
Enhancement of physical properties of materials deposited in nano- or microstructured surfaces, including optical, electrical, and other properties becomes one of a priority direction of the fundamental nano-science.
Neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, was tapped by Science Minister Aloizio Mercadante to lead the "Commission of the Future," a 21‑member panel that will study the direction of Brazilian science.
Committees will also get new leaders, although in many cases the newcomers aren't expected to alter the direction of key science panels.
I see a number of directions from the science that I've done, and one that I like rather a lot is approaches to fundamental physics, sort of trying to find a final, fundamental theory of physics.
"The challenge he faced was serving a president who didn't really want much scientific advice, and who let politics dictate the direction of his science policy," says Boehlert, who notes his "warm" personal relationship with the 43rd president.
