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The general opinion of the state of British science, provoked by last week's discussion of Nature's manifesto, is that morale matters more than money, but that much must be done to remedy the impoverishment of scientists.
In some respects, things are getting worse, not better, for women in science. Positive measures need to be taken for progress towards genuine equality of opportunity.
Positron probes (of the solid state) are already a booming business and may soon be applied to the study of liquids. Can anti-proton probes be far away?
He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars. General Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer; for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.
US patents documents on CD-ROM, a personal densitometer, a beta counter that eliminates the need for liquid radioactive waste disposal, and a blot visualization spray — what's new and what's hot in the scientific product line.
