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Pure science is research for its own sake; the idea is to expand our general body of knowledge. Applied science is research with a specific goal in mind, such as a new drug or more efficient vehicle.

Pure science can lead to applied science by making a discovery which has an immediate or obvious practical application. One famous example would be nylon stockings, which grew out of polymer experiments in the then-new science of plastics.

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