• Question: Do you think that your research will only benefit the country you are researching in or do you think that it will spread further?

    Asked by to Ben, Emily, Hattie, Jemma, Veronica on 23 Jun 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Veronica Celorrio answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      Hi guys!

      I think research is always global, unless you are studying something really specific of an area. But the research I do, will definitively benefit woldwide

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      Harriet Aitken answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      Hi Nicecube26,

      I think the research problem I’m looking at affects many countries worldwide, so directly it would benefit them however things that I do could also indirectly help other researchers working in another area – you can often get ideas in unusual places.

      Thanks for the question! Hattie.

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      Jemma Rowlandson answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      Hi!

      I think my research could benefit everyone. I’m looking at replacing diesel and petrol with hydrogen, hopefully made from splitting water. Diesel and petrol release nasty chemicals and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. This can lead to global warming which causes droughts, floods and extreme weather to happen more often. If we start using hydrogen instead, which only produces water as waste, this would prevent this and help the planet.

      Science in general is a very global community. We are always talking to scientists in other countries, or even going to another country to do research. You know the saying ‘two heads are better than one’? Well for science it’s more like several million heads are better than one! The more scientists you have researching a problem, the more likely you are to find a solution.

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      Emily Hayward answered on 23 Jun 2014:

      Hi Nicecube26,

      My research is being carried out in the UK, however the technology I’m investigating could be worldwide, and I also work with universities in different countries, so already the research is spread to those countries. I think with everything being very accessable across the globe then research is rarely only related to one country unless you are trying to solve a problem like ‘in the UK how can we ensure we hve lots of drinking water on sunny days’ – most problems exist globally, therefore our research impacts globally too.

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