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Changing the objectives of research

The pressures on the British research enterprise, perhaps models of troubles that could arise elsewhere, are made worse by the government's lack of policy. But things may be changing.

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Changing the objectives of research. Nature 314, 1–2 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/314001a0

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