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In Nature last November, Cyril Cooper of the Institution of Professional Civil Servants highlighted the discontent among UK Civil Service scientists, and argued that it stemmed largely from differences they experience in salary and career progression compared with graduate administrators. David Budworth of the Confederation of British Industry replies.
In the Soviet Union environmental issues have surfaced in recent years as just one consequence of the country's rapid development. The problems seem as intractable there as anywhere else. Vera Rich reports.
As the need to coordinate the work of science and industry even more closely becomes increasingly apparent to the recession-bound developed countries, Nechemia Meyers reports from Israel on the debate taking place there.
