Scientific nomads: The secret of Nobel Laureates’ scientific breakthroughs has been announced 03:23

A group of economists from the USA and the UAE carried out a large -scale study on Nobel Laureates’ career orbits and a curious model. It turned out that scientists, who changed the workplace more frequently or distribute time between different centers of science, started their groundbreaking research a few years ago from colleagues working in one place. The study was published scientifically magazine International Economic Investigation (IER).

The study included the biographies of buyers for more than a century. The results showed that moving to a new place every two years reduced the time before the beginning of the Nobel work. Less common transitions – win every five years every five years.

A impressive effect is observed especially in scientists working in various places. For example, physicists who combine teaching at the university with research in CERN begin their iconic projects 2.6 years ago.

Professor Bruce Weinberg of the University of Ohio explains this phenomenon with a “intellectual transition” mechanism. When an expert dives into different scientific communities, it faces alternative approaches and non -open solutions. This usually allows you to combine ideas from different fields that lead to revolutionary discoveries.

Interestingly, traditional scientific clusters such as Cambridge or Silicon Valley lose efficiency over time. According to the researchers, after many years of work for a circle colleague, thinking becomes predictable, which complicates the groundbreaking discoveries.

Although the study is focused on natural sciences, authors argue that this principle works in other creative fields from art to technological initiatives. Even if there is no active interaction with local experts, the new environment can restart the perception and promote non -standard thought.

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