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Something needs to be done to break the deadlock at the parallel bilateral negotiations at Geneva. Other governments could help. Even a summit meeting might be worth the risk.
This week's Nobel Prize for Medicine has gone to an octogenarian plant geneticist best known for her work during the past half century on transposable genetic elements.
This week's selection covers instruments for the general biochemical laboratory, including a microprocessor controlled dispensing system and a new power supply for electrophoresis.
