The collapse of communism opened up the world to scientists from eastern Europe. Quirin Schiermeier talks to researchers about what changed.
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Schiermeier, Q. Eastern Europe: Scaling the wall. Nature 461, 586–589 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461586a
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