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Wonder at the way in which the world has changed in the past year should not blind us to the importance of the month that lies ahead. When that is over, everything may again be different.
Schemes for using organic polymers as electrical conductors have been much dreamed of, but recent calculations suggest there is some way to go before one-dimensional solids are as simple as they seem.
