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Nature 447, 1031 (28 June 2007) | doi:10.1038/4471031a; Published online 27 June 2007

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Many medium-sized university departments feel they are engaged in an unequal struggle against larger and more-entrenched rivals. But there is a way in which they can fight back.

A few years ago, the outlook for physics departments in Scotland was not auspicious. Today, the future is much brighter, thanks to a mechanism that could benefit universities elsewhere.