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Nature will now be printed in Japan as well as in Britain and the United States. One objective is to give readers a better service. Another is to draw the scientific community of Japan more into the general swim.
New developments in neural network theory have excited both psychologists and neurobiologists. Practitioners of the new art displayed their wares last week.
There is now clear evidence that changes in the Earth's climate may be sudden rather than gradual. It is time to put research into the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere on a better footing.
Scanning confocal optical microscopy offers increased resolution and superior rejection of out-of-focus signals for epifluorescence imaging of biological material.
Tools for a wide variety of microscopical techniques are described this week, including a high-power SEM, a laser scanning microscope, and image processing systems to suit a range of applications.
