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Not for the first time, a British government has revealed its lack of understanding of its scientific enterprise by means of an insensitive reorganization forced by reasons having nothing to do with research.
The need for good manners arises from a conflict in the foundations of the research enterprise. Journals have much to do to put things right, but the chief responsibility rests with academic institutions.*
This week's review checks in with a gradient delivery system, an HPLC detector, protein separation columns, a tentacle-gel medium for affinity chromatography and a variety of data handling systems.
