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THE former Board of Scientific and Industrial Research of the Government of Palestine has now been succeeded by the Research Council of Israel. The Council is composed of twelve men of science and representatives of the research institutions in Israel, and the work includes the co-ordination of research carried out in Israel, co-operation with similar bodies of other countries, and the financing of research projects of specific local interest. The work of the Council is conducted by five committees, dealing with research in fundamental science, industry, building, food and agriculture. Instrument and. information divisions have already been established. Prof. S. Sambursky, of the Physics Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, has been appointed director and executive secretary of the Council. The Council expects to issue publications on the various subjects being studied, and has already published a report, entitled “Problems of Vole Populations in the Middle East", by Prof. F. Bodenheimer.
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Research Council of Israel. Nature 164, 214 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164214c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/164214c0