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THE nineteenth annual report of the National Foundation for Scientific Research, Brussels, covering the year 1945–46, includes the reports of the ten scientific commissions together with details of grants made, of distinctions obtained during the academic year, and particulars of researches in progress during 1946–47. A list of publications during the year is appended under authors, together with a classified list of authors according to the scientific commission with which their work is associated. The Commission for Mathematics and Astronomy reports on a study of irregular algebraic surfaces and on correspondences between two algebraic surfaces. Prof. M. A. Picard reports on behalf of the Commission for Physical Chemistry, Electro-chemistry and Radioactivity on research on new radioactive substances, while on behalf of the Commission for Morphological Medical Sciences, Prof. M. G. Leplat refers to a study of senescence. The Scientific Commission for Pathology of Transmissible Diseases, Colonial Pathology and Hygiene has studied the extension of bilharziasis and its control, rickettsiosis and filariasis, while the Commission for Clinical Sciences has been investigating the problems of antibiotics and the mode of action of sulphonamides. The Commission for Applied Chemistry has investigated the constitution and chemical properties of mineral oils, and a new Scientific Commission has been set up for the study of problems of nuclear energy.
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National Foundation for Scientific Research, Brussels. Nature 161, 196–197 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161196e0
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