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Inquest or enquiry into research?

The near-collapse of the British research enterprise has become a public issue. The extra funds announced this week may be a palliative, but cannot be a cure. The House of Lords has the luck to look closer.

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Inquest or enquiry into research?. Nature 312, 183–184 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1038/312183a0

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