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From the laboratory to the production line; a particularly difficult route, it seems, for British industry. First we look at the question of academics becoming industrialists.
…but what is NRDC doing? Professor S. D. Smith, who is both Professor of Physics at Heriot-Watt University and Chairman of Edinburgh Instruments Ltd, writes on the problem of support for development.
Seven years since it last graced Boston with its presence, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) returned there a fortnight ago for its 142nd annual meeting. Roger Woodham reports on a heady week during which some Americans admired their national science effort—and others took it to task.
