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All technology and innovation have a science base but to get there requires patience, as the journey from curiosity-driven basic research to a world-changing technology can take six months or 50 years, a panel of Nobel and Kavli prize laureates has said.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Professor Ben Feringa, who won a\u00a0Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2016<\/a> for his work on molecular motors, said that the science that made smartphones possible was done in the 1940s and 1950s with the discovery of transistors and liquid display materials, and without any intention of turning it into a pocket computer.<\/p>\n

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‘I often get asked: \u201cwhy are you doing this?\u201d \u2026 The same question was asked to the Wright brothers more than 100 years ago.’<\/p>\n

Prof. Ben Feringa, University of Groningen, the Netherlands<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018Nobody knew that we would have a smartphone,\u2019 he said. \u2018The word did not exist. IBM was building the first computer. It took 50 years before we were able to build a smartphone and \u2026 it completely changed the world.\u2019<\/p>\n

Prof. Feringa, who is at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands says work in developing the world\u2019s smallest motor was driven by a fundamental question – how can you make something move at a molecular scale? \u2018I often get asked: \u201cwhy are you doing this?\u201d,\u2019 he said. \u2018The same question was asked to the Wright brothers more than 100 years ago.\u2019<\/p>\n

Applications of molecular motors are starting to emerge in different areas \u2013 self-repairing materials, self-cleaning windows and smart drugs that only release their cargo when they arrive at a specific point, such as the site of a tumour.<\/p>\n

Professor Helga Nowotny from ETH Zurich, says that with basic research, you don\u2019t know what you will find. \u2018There is inherent uncertainty in basic research. But nature comes as an ally to the researcher in the form of serendipity,\u2019 she said. \u2018You discover something that you have not been looking for but you realise the significance of it.\u2019<\/p>\n

But the gap between a basic scientific discovery and an application can also be extremely short, according to\u00a0Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier<\/a>\u00a0from the Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin, Germany, who won the Kavli prize for co-discovering the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology.<\/p>\n

CRISPR-Cas9, which has been described as \u2018molecular scissors\u2019, has applications ranging from engineering plant crops to curing genetic diseases.<\/p>\n

Prof. Charpentier said the discovery grew out of curiosity about how bacterial immune systems work. \u2018I\u2019m not so sure whether the type of research that led to this very transformative technology was defined initially as innovative research,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

\u2018However, what is very interesting with this discovery is that it is really basic, basic science that led to a technology that is so transformative \u2026 and at a speed that was never actually witnessed before,\u2019 she said. \u2018We could harness this basic mechanism into a technology that was applied within six months to edit genes in every cell and organism.\u2019<\/p>\n

Professors Feringa and Charpentier were speaking at a session on basic science and innovation to round off the three-day European Research & Innovation Days event, which was held in Brussels, Belgium from 24-26 September.<\/p>\n

The idea was for academics, entrepreneurs, industry players, non-governmental organisations and policymakers to get together to shape the next European funding programme,\u00a0Horizon Europe<\/a>\u00a0which will run from 2021 to 2027.<\/p>\n

Both received grants from the EU\u2019s European Research Council, which was set up in 2007 to promote frontier research, or science for science\u2019s sake, a key part of EU-funded science which is set to continue under Horizon Europe.<\/p>\n

While funding is, of course, important, the panel also said that time was a crucial resource for curious scientists.<\/p>\n

\u2018Excellent science will bring excellent innovation,\u2019 said Prof. Feringa. \u2018Please, please, give us space to think, to ask the real questions \u2026 to push the frontiers and get to the solutions of the future.\u2019<\/p>\n

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European Research & Innovation Days<\/h3>\n

The\u00a0European Research & Innovation Days<\/a>, which will take place in Brussels, Belgium, from 24 to 26 September, are designed to bring together policymakers, academics, industry, civil society and entrepreneurs to discuss how research and innovation can help tackle the major issues facing the EU over the next decade.<\/p>\n

The idea is to seek a wide range of opinions from experts and interested parties about priorities for the first four years of the EU\u2019s upcoming \u20ac100 billion research funding programme,\u00a0Horizon Europe<\/a>. In addition to conference sessions, policymakers from the EU and national administrations will be available throughout the event in a space called Horizon Village to gather further input from participants.<\/p>\n

The event, which is set to be an annual affair, consists of a\u00a0policy conference<\/a>\u00a0to shape the Horizon Europe work programme, an\u00a0innovation hub<\/a>\u00a0for innovators and investors to network, and a public exhibition called\u00a0Science is Wonderful!<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Originally published on Horizon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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