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A remarkable research report claims that an object spinning on a vertical axis weighs less if spinning clockwise (seen from above) than anticlockwise, but it may be too soon to cast off Newton's laws.
Products for the New Year include variable-intensity transilluminators for increased user safety, an in vivo cell-tracking kit and a monoclonal antibody for the localization of muscle-specific actin.
By neglect of consultation and expertise, the British government's new pollution bill seems designed to make even sensible decisions on environmental pollution and genetic engineering hostage to public anxiety and suspicion.
Despite the fall in the number of young people in recent years, there is cause to believe that student numbers will be 'holding up' and that employers will develop new approaches to recruitment.