3M investors and scientists worry a shift in R&D strategy is stifling breakthroughs as the company faces billions of dollars in lawsuit payouts

Engineer Daniel Billig adjusting a robotic arm used for metal grinding in a development laboratory at 3M last month in Maplewood, Minn. Nate Ryan for The Wall Street Journal
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