Word: researchers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Corey synthesized leukotreine A before it was found to be the precursor of the leukotrine family, a discovery which made previously inaccessible substances available for biological research...
...This prize is an unequalled honor for several reasons, not the least of which is the extraordinary quality of scientific research in Japan in fields such as my own," Corey said in a statement released by the Harvard News Office. "I am appreciative and delighted both to receive the Japan Prize and to be so connected with the country...
America's long-term economic decline has been greatly exacerbated in recent years by the Reagan Administration's tight policy on information controls. Over the past eight years, in the name of national security, the Reagan Administration expanded controls on the publication of scientific research, attempted to impose prepublication reviews of research results, broadened the classification of information, and restricted the free exchange of knowledge with foreign scholars...
...technological information have proven extremely damaging to the American economy as well. Japan has overtaken us in the race to develop superconductors partly because of the Reagan Administration's counter-productive attempts to restrict the free exchange of technical information with foreign scientists, a policy which has merely made research more difficult in this crucial field. A 1987 report by the National Academy of Sciences estimated that the current level of export controls cost the economy 188,000 jobs and $9 billion a year and was a major factor contributing to the nation's record trade deficit...
...often, innovation and ideas developed in the U.S. are stolen by foreign firms. Congressional legislation is necessary to help American companies fight the illegal appropriation of patented products. A more active patent policy is also vital in this regard to ensure that American remains on the cutting edge of research and development...