Big weapons programs eventually do that by providing thousands of production jobs scattered across the nation, but if they fail to make the transition from research to production soon enough, they risk losing funding to other programs that are more firmly rooted in the political culture.

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By re-thinking how the federal government can foster innovation and competitiveness in clean energy, from education and research to commercialization and production, the United States can once again become a global leader in clean energy technology.

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Evidence to bolster this theory comes from research showing that existing depression treatments all seem to spur brain cell production--just not as efficiently as we'd like.

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The chief task, entrusted this summer to the 30 engineers at work behind the cream-painted wall at Burnaby, is to turn Ballard from a research laboratory into a mass-production company.

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Before joining Linear, he taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he used a surplus flight computer from an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile to research the control of fermentation for use in fields such as pharmaceutical production.

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Research ranges from the pursuit of advanced new polymers as covering for cables, to engineering that makes production systems cheaper.

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According to the research, carried out by consulting firm Arup, oil production levels will grow from the current 85 million barrels per day to peak at 95 million in about five years.

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During just the first five months of the year, the central-bank buying amounted to 15% of global mining production during the same period, said a research note this week from Commerzbank.

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