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Re:Why the United States has the best research universities by amelius on Friday April 16, 2021 @09:51PM (#26840968)
> application-focused (something that EU is not very good at)

Probably because of the investor climate, and applied research is a good fit for companies.

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Re:Why the United States has the best research universities by visualradio on Friday April 16, 2021 @10:01PM (#26841030)
Research in the U.S. has tended towards applications due to promotion of agricultural productivity research and agricultural extension services by various U.S. founders in the 1700s and due to the land-grant university system established in the 1800s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land-grant_university

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