The phrase "research has accelerated" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means that the speed or pace of research has increased. Example: In recent years, the development of new technology has greatly impacted the field of medicine, and as a result, research has accelerated. This has led to significant advancements in treatments and cures for various diseases.
While recent advances in genomics research have accelerated the discovery of susceptibility genes, much remains to be learned about the functions of disease-associated genetic variants.
This gap between research and application has accelerated with the development of gene expression profiling.
As for the cut in research spending in February, Pfizer said it has "accelerated our research strategy and made important changes to concentrate our efforts to deliver the greatest medical and commercial impact".
Since the discovery of fullerenes, research on these compounds has accelerated.
The decipherment of several genome sequences of Trichoderma spp. has accelerated research in recent years.
The technology to manipulate metabolism of bacteria and yeast, including the introduction of heterologous chemical pathways, has accelerated research in this field.
Basic research in cancer biology has accelerated this endeavor and provided preclinical data and technology to support clinically relevant advances in early detection, prognostic and predictive biomarkers.
The growing public awareness of the increasing number of large wildfires across forested landscapes, coupled with needs of resource base management has accelerated research into forest reference conditions and the historical role of fire in coniferous ecosystems.
In addition, progress in sequencing technology has allowed mutational analysis of more than 10,000 genes in a single individual and has accelerated research on disease-associated allelic variations at the whole genome sequencing level [2].
