Scientific Research: National Research Council

National Research Council: The National Research Council, which operates the centre, had the unenviable choice this year of cutting outreach or cutting even deeper into research. , according to Times Colonist. Applied research is important. It can lead to patents, jobs, manufacturing and all that good economic stuff. No lights shine in the Centre of the Universe today. The staff who ran the interpretive centre at Little Saanich Mountains Dominion Astrophysical Observatory cleaned out their desks Friday, turned out the light and vacated the building. So ends 12 years of educational programming about astronomy and Canadas place in scientific research. It was one of many challenges the federal agency faces. The government recently adjusted the NRCs research priorities to match private-sector goals that focus on applied, or practical, research. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.