Research is considered an activity aimed at obtaining new knowledge, and its application to solve problems or questions of a scientific nature. Scientific research is the general name given to the complex process in which scientific progress is the result of applying the scientific method to solve problems or to try to explain certain observations. Similarly, technological research uses scientific knowledge to develop "soft or hard technologies", as well as cultural research, which focuses on studying culture, as well as police-technical research, detective and police research and educational research.