technological research
Places for academic, institutional, or commercial research and development in technology and applied sciences.
Technological research facilities are places dedicated to professional development and research in the applied sciences (not including medicine). They may be private or public, and can belong to companies, universities, governments, or other institutions.
The inquiry concerns technological development or an application of science. Public ownership, university affiliation, and commercial sponsorship are all compatible with this research purpose.
Medicine is outside this particular definition of technological research. Scientific research includes medical inquiry, while routine manufacture or operation of a developed technology is distinct from research into it.
More specific definitions
4 sub-definitions-
computing research
A research facility investigating computer technology, software, or information science. -
electronics research
A research facility investigating electronic technology, including circuits and active electrical components. -
engineering research
A facility devoted to research advancing knowledge of engineering applications and applied sciences. -
nanotechnology research
A facility devoted to studies in technological applications at the molecular or atomic scale.
Related definitions
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dry laboratory
Space for testing and experimentation of electronics and other inorganic and non-reactive materials. -
measurement station
Sites equipped for recording, observing, or measuring local phenomena or information from a particular vantage point. -
medical testing
Places designated for laboratory testing for medical purposes, usually not in the presence of patients. -
product testing
Facilities where inventions, new technologies, and manufactured products are tested. -
scientific research
Spaces dedicated to professional research in medicine and the pure sciences, including laboratory and observational inquiry. -
wet laboratory
Laboratory space needing water, direct ventilation, and special piped utilities, with the stated biosafety-level exclusions.