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The governments of the United States and Japan are deadlocked in their negotiation of a new agreement on basic research collaboration. Most of the faults seem to lie with the United States.
The continuing absence of the particle called the axion is an embarrassment for particle physicists, especially because it is improbable that its discovery need wait on new accelerators.
Delegates to Nature's second conference in Japan were given ample opportunity to judge the powerful influence of molecular biology on a broad span of biological sciences.
The British government says that the universities must adapt to the nation's changing needs. They are already doing so, and implementation of the Education Reform Bill will only hamper the process.
The polymerase chain reaction can synthesize millions of copies of a specific DNA sequence in a brief in vitro reaction. (Thermostable DNA polymerase from Thermus aquaticus improves the technique.)
Biotechnologists of every stripe will be travelling to Miami, Florida next week for the Miami Bio/Technology Winter Symposium. A sampling of the products to be on display in the exhibit hall are below.
For 200 years Australia has looked overseas for labour, attracting emigrants from throughout the world. As the fanfares sound for its bicentenary, does Australia still hold its attraction for job seekers?
