To reconcile solution-driven research and blue-skies thinking, academic institutions urgently need innovative collaborations and new funding models, says Indira V. Samarasekera.
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Samarasekera, I. Universities need a new social contract. Nature 462, 160–161 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/462160a
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