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FarCenter

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8. It's not military classified information, but it is valuable intellectual property, trade secrets

Reply to JI7 (Reply #6)

Sat Apr 7, 2018, 06:31 AM

Apr 2018

STEM research institutions have a great deal of research "know how" that is their edge in getting funding, doing experiments, and producing results. This is never published.

The public knowledge is the research results. In most cases, readers of the journal papers would have significant difficulty in reproducing the research, since they lack the infrastructure and detailed methods and procedures to do the work.

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Source? itsrobert Apr 2018 #1

Observation FarCenter Apr 2018 #3

There is a quicker test: Dunk them in water to see if they float dalton99a Apr 2018 #2

I'm sure lots of foreign students from different countries exfiltrate data to their home countries. earthshine Apr 2018 #4

Is spreading scientific knowledge bad? Cicada Apr 2018 #5

I'd rather have a us company patent the cure for cancer than a foreign one FarCenter Apr 2018 #7

What is taught in universities is not some top secret thing JI7 Apr 2018 #6

It's not military classified information, but it is valuable intellectual property, trade secrets FarCenter Apr 2018 #8

This is an outrageously bigoted post. yardwork Apr 2018 #9