• Question: how long does researching something approximately take?

    Asked by whup532bony68 on 13 Mar 2026.
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      Karen Rae answered on 13 Mar 2026:


      It depends on what you are researching, but when I developed a method to test for new contaminants in the water it took me about 3 years to research and develop. So most research takes quite a long time

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      Rachel Edwards answered on 13 Mar 2026:


      It varies! Sometimes we can figure something out with a few short experiments. Sometimes research programmes take years, or even decades – for example finding the Higg’s Boson. My research projects normally take 2-3 years, and we find out several things during that time.

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