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Applied research is original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific practical aim or objective.
1 The only goal of basic science research is to increase the knowledge base of a particular field of study.  Applied science uses the knowledge base supplied by basic science to devise solutions, often technological, to specific problems.