Social and Economic Impact of the MSRI’s Activities
Widespread public knowledge that the majority of synthetic materials presently used are contributing to reduced public health and happiness, attributed to lacking fundamental knowledge of biocompatiblity, has slowly begun to change habbits. These mostly preventable illnesses and conditions lead to substantial economic and resource burden on health care systems, particularly for countries with universal coverage (i.e. Hungary, Canada, France).
These nation’s health care policies influence worldwide healthcare decisions, allowing related research to be more quickly adopted by the population. Although based on quantum mechanical principles, terms such as ‘free-radical’ and ‘anti-oxidant’ have entered mainstream language, influencing public opinion and practice; quantum theory manifested in novel technologies. One needs look no further than widespread use of MRI (or anything digital!) as a proof-of concept. Therefore, cost effective, environmentally sound quantum mechanical based modelling and theory-designed experiments form the foundation of the MSRI’s research activities, towards the continued characterisation, rational deisgn and optimisation of novel bio-inspired materials for end-use in industrial and practical applications.
Preliminary focus on materials for dental applications will allow the MSRI to serve the large community of international students coming to Hungary for training in related areas. Dissemination of the results generated to the open literature, coupled with graphical simplification of terms and findings, with young scholars and ‘laypersons’ in-mind, will allow the results and work to be more attractive and immediately useful to the public.