Congress found that the use of computers and the Internet was profoundly changing the relationships "among citizens, private businesses and Government" and that "Federal Government has had uneven success in applying advances in information technology to enhance governmental functions and services."

Throughout this period, Hà Nam Province concentrated their efforts on implementing an extensive irrigation system, widening the area suitable for growing crops, developing the manner in which cattle were raised in the area and applying technical scientific advances.

Most analysts say Southwestern Bell will use the acquisition to experiment with ways to apply advances in telephone technology to a cable system, which it would then try to duplicate in other cities.

The research focus of the new center will be to apply advances in the use of statistical techniques in machine learning to Web services - from maps to e-mail to online calendars - which have become an increasingly important part of the commercial Internet.

Clinical trials make it possible to apply the latest scientific and technological advances to patient care.

Researchers apply advances in nanoscience to develop novel technologies for the detection, identification, and characterization of harmful biological pathogens (viruses, spores, and bacteria) and chemical toxins.

Their work lead to the Green Revolution, which applied western advances in fertilizer and pesticide use to farms worldwide, with varying success.

Simulation aims to help professionals and researchers apply advances in modeling and simulation to their application areas.

Applying genetic advances: where do we go from here.

And while evil scientists quickly became a movie cliche, doctors were usually demigods struggling to apply scientific advances for the betterment of humanity.