Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) was an agency of the United States federal government created to coordinate scientific research for...
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arm was superseded by the Office of Scientific Research and Development in 1941, but it remained as an influential advisory and consulting agency until...
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Vannevar Bush (redirect from Pieces of the Action)
engineer, inventor and science administrator, who during World War II headed the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), through which...
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and William of Ockham. In the Scientific Revolution of the 16th and 17th centuries, some of the most important developments were the furthering of empiricism...
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James B. Donovan (category American people of Irish descent)
lawyer and United States Navy officer in the Office of Scientific Research and Development and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, predecessor of the...
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Army’s extramural research program. Originally a standalone organization assigned under the Office of the Chief of Research and Development, ARO was consolidated...
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The Home Office Scientific Development Branch (HOSDB; formerly the Police Scientific Development Branch) was a branch of the Home Office in the United...
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CSIRO (redirect from Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
led to the renaming of the organisation as Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Notable developments by CSIRO have included...
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Manhattan Project (redirect from Development of Substitute Materials)
American civilian Office of Scientific Research and Development. The Manhattan Project employed nearly 130,000 people at its peak and cost nearly US$2 billion...
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parties to keep research results confidential for up to five years under the Freedom of Information Act. The Office of Scientific and Technical Information...
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Office of Scientific Integrity (OSI) in the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Office of Scientific Integrity Review (OSIR) in the Office of...
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Coordinator of Research and Development, an institution within the Navy during World War II meant to coordinate between the military-wide Office of Scientific Research...
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conducts a broad program of scientific research, technology and advanced development. ONR's headquarters is in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington County,...
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Federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) are public-private partnerships that conduct research and development for the United States...
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Alsos Mission (category Office of Naval Intelligence)
chief scientific advisor. It was jointly staffed by the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD)...
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Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) (IAST: Raksā Anūsandhān Evam Vikās Sangaṭhan) is an agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development...
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fundamental scientific research for energy and the Nation’s largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences. The Office of Science portfolio...
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Office Of Scientific Research And Development. War metallurgy. Issued by National Defense Research Committee. Washington D.C.: Office of Scientific Research...
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M69 incendiary (category World War II aerial bombs of the United States)
Oil Development Company, whose work was funded by the Office of Scientific Research and Development. They were nicknamed "Tokyo calling cards". The M69...
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The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR; IAST: vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada) is a research and development (R&D) organisation...
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The Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) is a component of the Office of Science within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Energy...
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(DOE) for scientific and technological research. The primary mission of the DOE national laboratories is to conduct research and development (R&D) addressing...
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Research and development (R&D or R+D), known in some countries as experiment and design, is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations...
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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is a scientific research and development detachment of the United States Air Force Materiel Command dedicated...
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Howard P. Robertson (category University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni)
terms of general relativity. During World War II, Robertson served with the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) and the Office of Scientific Research...
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Project Camelot (category Abandoned military projects of the United States)
was the leading employer of psychologists, most of whom it coordinated through the Office of Scientific Research and Development. The military employed...
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Psi Factor (redirect from Office of Scientific Investigation and Research)
paranormal investigations of the "Office of Scientific Investigation and Research" (O.S.I.R.). The first season introduces members of the O.S.I.R. team, including...
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professional scientific research. It is the violation of scientific integrity: violation of the scientific method and of research ethics in science, including...
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Site A (category Geography of Cook County, Illinois)
constructed at this site. Research was carried out under contract to the United States' Office of Scientific Research and Development. After the war, the site...
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Office of Scientific Research and Development, and in 1942 it was officially transferred under the auspices of the United States Army and became known...
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