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Volume 218 Issue 5144, 1 June 1968

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Science in Europe

  • Discussions at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on the technology gap now extend beyond research to cover the general fields of management, education and attitudes to change.

    • A. KING
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  • What follows is a personal assessment of the outlook for European collaboration in science and technology. A fuller version will appear in European Scientific Organizations, edited by Eric Moonman, to be published by Penguin Books.

    • J. J. SALOMON
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  • Germany, the birthplace of the university, is facing the need for fresh thinking about higher education. In science, a rapid expansion is taking place within the existing structures. But here too a re-definition of aims may be necessary.

    Science in Europe
  • Developments over the past half-century have led to a complete reversal of British policy for astronomy, and the future may see physics and chemistry united as one subject.

    • F. HOLYE
    Science in Europe
  • The need for a national science policy has been recognized officially in the Netherlands only recently. Since the Second World War, a complex system, including foundations and advisory councils, has grown up to deal with diverse aspects of pure and applied research.

    Science in Europe
  • Applied research was the main purpose of the Nuclear Energy Research Centre when it was established in 1952, but present work includes solid state and theoretical physics, radiobiology and genetics.

    • J. GOENS
    Science in Europe
  • Research and development in universities and industry in Sweden has provided methods for separating molecules according to their size, shape and sometimes charge by the molecular sieving effect of gel-forming polymers.

    • J. PORATH
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  • Schools of Celtic Studies, Theoretical Physics and Cosmic Physics make up the Institute, which was founded nearly 30 years ago for academic research on the highest level.

    • J. L. SYNGE
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