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The amoeba—a flexible organism called RIKEN
Author(s) -
Knoll Wolfgang
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19930050902
Subject(s) - frontier , dissemination , organism , engineering ethics , subject (documents) , nanotechnology , engineering , biology , political science , library science , computer science , materials science , telecommunications , paleontology , law
Two aims of RIKEN , the Japanese Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, are “to conduct comprehensive research in science and technology” and “to disseminate the results of research and new technological developments”. How RIKEN is organized and managed in order to pursue these goals is the subject of this essay, which likens RIKEN to a unicellular, multinuclear animal living in the Sea of Japan. Details are given of the Frontier Research Program, which is designed to further cooperation with the wider international research community.