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Excitement over developments in Eastern Europe should be moderated by a recognition of the chauvinistic dangers that it brings. What Europe needs is a moratorium on boundary changes. German reunification is best postponed.
Nature has been in hot water in Australia for supposedly misreporting the prospects for a new technique of genetic manipulation. The truth is more interesting and complicated than Nature (and many Australians) know.
A gel elutor for extracting nucleic acids or protein, a cryopreservation system for freezing/thawing mouse embryos and a neurotoxicological evaluation service based on the leech brain are just a few of the products outlined below.
The reduced numbers of students In higher education likely to result from demographic changes in the 1990s will have to be countered by changes in attainment and participation rates.