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President George Bush has won just praise for his performance in Europe last week, but the difficult decisions remain unmade, not just in Washington, but in London and Paris.
The immediate future for science is bright, but the future may be clouded by poor public education and by too much competitiveness — the gist of a talk at Los Alamos on Tuesday.
Mycoplasma contamination is tough to detect and even more difficult to eradicate. It is best to start over fresh from clean cell stocks, but several elimination options are available.