Research -- studious inquiry and examination of hypotheses, theories, and facts that can involve investigation and experimentation as part of an effort to discover and/or create better hypotheses and theories, and that can involve attempts to achieve practical application of facts that have become known because of experiments testing hypotheses and theories

Scientific Method -- recognition of a problem, collection of information through observation and experiment, and discovery and/or formulation and testing of hypotheses and/or theories

Technology -- practical application of facts (such as facts obtained as a result of work involving use of the scientific method)

Science -- a system of hypotheses and theories discovered and/or created as a result of work involving use of the scientific method