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Nature 447, 232 (17 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447232a; Published online 16 May 2007

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In the end, the European Institute of Technology will not be worthy of its title.

It could have been inspiring. Imagine a university set up to educate some of the best students from Europe and beyond, and to provide a home for the world's most creative researchers in the natural sciences and engineering.