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Creating affordable energy by fusing deuterium and tritium is still only a dream, while costs of fusion research continue to climb. The community's plans still command political support, but need bolstering by a fundamental review of activities.
As a paper elsewhere in this issue attests, the problem of the neural basis of consciousness looks ever more tractable as neurobiologists delve into the process of visual perception.
For scaling-up bioprocess operations and ensuring quality control there are a number of new products described below including a chromatography control system, an on-line biochemical analyser and a non-invasive animal testing service.
