scientific research
Spaces dedicated to professional research in medicine and the pure sciences, including laboratory and observational inquiry.
Scientific research facilities are spaces dedicated to professional research in the pure sciences, including medicine, biology, physics, chemistry, and astronomy.
The facility is intended for scientific inquiry. Medical research is part of this work, while technological research concerns applications outside medicine.
The research purpose distinguishes the facility from ordinary classroom teaching or routine application of established knowledge. A research institution can also contain teaching and administrative spaces with those different functions.
