He said that an immediate application would be in backpacks carried by schoolchildren - 'a well-known cause of musculoskeletal injury'.

Removal involves cutting, followed by immediate application of concentrated glyphosphate or triclopyr to the cut stems.

This example, he notes, illustrates the tension between advocates of basic research and those who wanted immediate application.

The metal was very resistant to corrosion and had immediate application in tool making and numerous other implementations.

There are few cases of the latter that do not find immediate application.