Comment Re:MMMmm Sonoluminescence (Score 1) 326
Who cares if we can get a lot of power. This isn't an end product. It's just the proof of a future potential.
Rarely does basic research provide a usable end product. It just provides the confindence and direction that private enterprises need to justify investing the R&D dollars. You can be sure that if this is verified a lot of big money will go to work in figuring out ways of making it a useful power source.
And you know all that because you're in a grad program. Your research isn't important for it's end use. It's important because the findings you publish may be just what someone else, or even yourself, needs to begin developing an end product.
Rarely does basic research provide a usable end product. It just provides the confindence and direction that private enterprises need to justify investing the R&D dollars. You can be sure that if this is verified a lot of big money will go to work in figuring out ways of making it a useful power source.
And you know all that because you're in a grad program. Your research isn't important for it's end use. It's important because the findings you publish may be just what someone else, or even yourself, needs to begin developing an end product.
