Scientists will soon need to understand the language of many disciplines and sectors
Exciting future research opportunities will arise where disciplines converge — but government funding and academic structures are ill prepared to take advantage of them, says a report from the US National Research Council. Report committee chairman Joseph DeSimone says that this convergence will require scientists to understand the language of multiple disciplines and sectors, and calls 3D printing (see page 521) a 'wonderful example', as it depends on so many different disciplines.
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Converging futures. Nature 509, 523 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7501-523c
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nj7501-523c