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... . ." Anne Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Almost since their inception, the natural sciences, those fields that use the scientific method to study nature, have been divided into two branches: the biological sciences and the physical sciences.
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... A very rich source of potential questions indeed. The ways of looking often come from the physical sciences.
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... Both are fascinating examples of where the meshing of different cultures and sets of ideas can produce much fruitful discussion and advancement.1 However, the statement of task for this committee focuses on research, limiting this report to more basic activities than those typically involved in engineering and materials development. Further, the committee acknowledges that the research that is the subject matter of this report both arises from and depends upon the rich, ongoing efforts taking place within the core disciplines of the physical and life sciences.
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... Can knowledge gained at the intersection of the life and physical sciences teach us how to prosper while sustaining the diversity that allows life to flourish? Further research at this intersection not only will advance our understanding of the fundamental questions of science, but will also significantly impact public health, technology, and stewardship of the environment for the benefit of society.
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... The constant interplay between the biological sciences and the physical sciences is profound when Earth is viewed as an entire system. STRATEGIES FOR ENABLING AND ENHANCING WORk AT THE INTERSECTION Throughout the report, the committee recommends ways to accelerate progress in this field.
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... • Federal and private funding agencies should offer expanded train ing grants that explicitly include graduate students and postdoctoral researchers from fields across the life and physical sciences and that require the involvement of academic departments from both the physi cal and life sciences. Funding agencies should also offer administrative supplements to existing research grants that would enable a principal investigator in the life sciences to support a postdoctoral researcher with a background in the physical sciences, or vice versa.
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... In particular, postdoctoral career awards should be established that facilitate the transition of a candidate prepared in a physical science field to apply that training to important questions in the life sciences and vice versa. Funding agencies should also provide expanded support for experienced investigators to receive training in a new field, perhaps in the form of sabbatical fellowships.
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... . we can harness the historic convergence between life sciences and physical sciences that's underway today [by]


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