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Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.

The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) is an international, non-profit scientific society of professionals engaged in food science, food technology, and related areas in academia, government and industry.

It has more than 17,000 members from more than 95 countries.

Innovation can be defined simply as a "new idea, device or method".

However, innovation is often also viewed as the application of better solutions that meet new requirements, unarticulated needs, or existing market needs.

This is accomplished through more-effective products, processes, services, technologies, or business models that are readily available to markets, governments and society.

The term "innovation" can be defined as something original and more effective and, as a consequence, new, that "breaks into" the market or society.

It is related to, but not the same as, invention.

Innovation is often manifested via the engineering process.

The opposite of innovation is exnovation.

The scientific community is a diverse network of interacting scientists.

It includes many "sub-communities" working on particular scientific fields, and within particular institutions; interdisciplinary and cross-institutional activities are also significant.

Objectivity is expected to be achieved by the scientific method.

Peer review, through discussion and debate within journals and conferences, assists in this objectivity by maintaining the quality of research methodology and interpretation of results.

Collectivism is the moral stance, political philosophy, ideology, or social outlook that emphasizes the group and its interests.

Collectivism is the opposite of individualism.

Collectivists focus on communal, societal, or national interests in various types of political, economic and educational systems.