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The Non-Proliferation Treaty may collapse at the review conference in 1995 unless several urgent problems are dealt with before then. Either way, attention should shift from the avoidance of weapons to the avoidance of war.
Participants at Nature's conference on structural biology (11-12 November) found that mere description of structures has given way to an exciting exploration of the relationship between form and function.
