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Mrs Margaret Thatcher's remarkable eleven years as British Prime Minister, which end this week, may have enhanced Britain's reputation in many fields, but not in research. A spell of unconviction politics would be welcome.
'Appropriate technology' is touted as a solution to many of the energy needs of developing countries. A pi lot project to introduce solar ovens in Central America shows one way forward.
Clusters of small numbers of identical atoms are all the rage, but the calculation of their properties taxes even large computers. That is why a simpler method deserves a welcome, but it also has heuristic value.
DNA extraction cartridges, a dual-purpose electrophoresis/electroblotter unit, and a cytocentrifuge that makes light work of preparing cell monolayers on microscope slides — innovative ideas for separation devices.
