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IN connexion with the discussion of the relation of academic and industrial scientific research, Mr. Foster Sproxton has raised the question, in correspondence, of the position of the smaller industries which have no research associations. They may have problems arising in chemistry, physics, the various branches of engineering, or problems involving the biological sciences, outside the field of the regular scientific staffs employed at the factories. Guidance in the choice of an academic consultant would be of the greatest value in such industries. Mr. Sproxton believes that some kind of panel of academic scientific workers willing to assist in the solution of industrial problems would be of service, and suggests tentatively that such a function might form part of the activities of the Central Register.
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Research in Industry. Nature 150, 459 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150459d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/150459d0