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Nature 420, 452 (5 December 2002) | doi:10.1038/420452a

Funding freeze leaves eastern Germany out in the cold

Quirin Schiermeier

Ever since German reunification in 1990, strenuous efforts have been made to beef up science in the former East Germany. The Max Planck Society (MPS) and others have injected money and talent to create institutes there of international standing.