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Nature 408, 892 (21 December 2000) | doi:10.1038/35050231

Big budget rise keeps NIH on course to double in five years
Telecoms mogul pays for photonics research centres
Russia and China sign materials science deal
CERN council pulls plug on its Higgs-hunting collider
Million-dollar prize for Canadian chemist
US government harmonizes gene-therapy regulations
Ireland upgrades Internet connections
Japan brings in measures to prevent spread of BSE
Michigan's tobacco payouts go to science