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Whichever political party wins power in the United Kingdom, it will need urgently to ensure that high-technology industry, investors and government develop capacities to act more strategically.
Many scientists are looking forward to a likely change of government, as the UK's election campaign begins in earnest. But Labour in power would face similar pressures and constraints to the Conservatives.
Proposals by a school board in California to recognize the dialect used by most of its pupils unleashed a ferocious media attack. Why did the press get things so wrong, and why were the proposals so virulently ridiculed?
A mixture of two different types of grain can undergo spontaneous stratification simply by being poured. This surprising behaviour may be significant in fields from pharmaceuticals to geology.