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Delayed proposals for Europe's fifth Framework programme reflect political infighting. Research is likely to suffer as a result of poor leadership within the European Commission.
Scientists who work in biomedical fields cannot be objective observers of processes that go on in their own bodies. What is the rational solution to this dilemma?
Many superconductors are rendered almost useless by the motion of string-like magnetic vortices. But because these vortices are hard to cut, it may be possible to pin them down using some very old techniques.
New programs and updates for this software roundup include those that can simulate clinical drug trials, perform computational chemistry functions, image analysis and processing, as well as check scientific spelling.
