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Multinational corporations often come under criticism for their involvement in the developing world. But, argues Lewis Branscomb, Vice President and Chief Scientist of IBM, multinationals make major contributions to indigenous development.
The United Nations conference on Technical Cooperation between Developing Countries, which ended in Buenos Aires (right) last week, was a great success for third world countries, writes David Dickson
The European Physical Society, which meets next week in York, has for its president a Sicilian very powerful in Italian science politics: Professor Antonino Zichichi. He spoke recently to Robert Walgate
