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Most governments are at their wits' end to wring more economic benefit from their investment in research, but only a few seem to be facing up to what needs most urgently to be done.
The rules that say when authors should make research materials available to others cannot be hard and fast. But release should be the rule, not the exception.
Robotics technology is destined to have a major impact on operations and procedures in tomorrow's laboratories. It should put analysis in the fast lane.
