There is a particular set of values commonly associated with being professional. Experience, expertise, trustworthiness, wisdom, and good judgement are all attributes aspired to by senior professional people, be they doctors, engineers, lawyers, civil servants, or the clergy.

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We clearly have to reduce harmful energy emissions. Everyone acknowledges we simply can't switch off fossil fuels overnight.

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Maximum distribution of research findings is essential to maximise their impact.

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Public trust is a vital condition for artificial intelligence to be used productively.

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I was always taught at medical school that you should never do a test unless you could do something with the result.

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Forensic science offers great potential, as it draws on almost every discipline and, in doing so, creates widespread opportunity for innovation.

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New technology creates a new marketplace of words, creating totally new words and changing the meaning and application of existing ones. In doing so, it has a potent opportunity to create new misconceptions and confusion.

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Forensic techniques are enormously useful in a wide range of fields outside the criminal justice system.

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Living in areas with a high population density does not need to be synonymous with overcrowding. Manhattan has an extremely dense population and is considered by many to be a highly desirable place to live.

Mark Walport

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Science can tell us what can be done in principle, but it is then a matter for public debate as to what should be done. And ultimately, it is a role for politicians to decide the answers.

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When governments work well, they safeguard citizens' health, well-being, resilience and security, and they increase prosperity. To do this, they must respond effectively to the new, the unexpected, and the game-changing.

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It is important to recognise that, alongside the huge benefits that artificial intelligence offers, there are potential ethical issues associated with some uses.

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The European Parliament must send a clear sign that it recognises the importance of embryonic stem cell research.

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The government is right to recognise the importance of science and technology, but I think it is a mistake to ringfence funds.

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The problem of poor vision has gone unnoticed for too long - it's astounding that 700 years after glasses were first invented, there are still 2.5 billion people across the world without access to something as simple as eye screening or a pair of glasses.

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I am honoured to be appointed as the first chief executive of UKRI. My ambition is to make UKRI the world's leading research and innovation public funding agency.

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I look forward to working closely with the Research Councils, Innovate UK, and Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), as we work together to create UKRI. I also look forward to working closely with all of our research and innovation communities to provide a strong and coherent voice for U.K. science and innovation.

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Science, engineering, and technology have transformed the infrastructure of the modern world and have a vital role to play at the heart of policy making.

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It seems paradoxical that, as medical scientists make huge advances in discovering the mechanisms of common diseases, fewer and fewer innovative drugs are reaching the market.

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We all want our drugs to be safe - and so an essential part of the pathway to the development of a new drug is approval by a regulator.

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The principle of treating cancer is to kill the abnormally dividing cells. Many drugs achieve this in a relatively unselective way, killing any cell that is dividing.

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