The slimming of clinical research: Britain's only institution dedicated to clinical research is to close. What lessons can we learn from its demise, to strengthen links between scientists and doctors?
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Wormholes, time travel and quantum gravity
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Defenders of the reef: Jewel-like corals and brightly coloured fish attract biologists to the study of reefs. But a sorely neglected group of organisms, the coralline algae, may be more crucial to the survival of the reef than any of their more spectacul
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Working-class honours – the not-so glittering prizes: Why isthe status of science and technology in Britain so low? It could be becausethe practitioners of these disciplines tend to come from the working class
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On the edge of disaster: The ocean margins function as a skin - a membrane between land and sea that is essential to the wellbeing of the planet. If the rash of conflicting interests in this narrow zone is not treated soon, the world could end up with a
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Technology
Technology: Automatic high-flier heads for the stratosphere
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Technology: Britain sheds light on flat television
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Technology: Chinese crystal makes sense of silicon chemistry
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Technology: Holography looks into the human body
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Technology: Cars light up on a single bulb
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Science: Can transcendental meditation make you live long and prosper?
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Technology: French line up Europe's high-speed trains
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Technology: Concern that Australia's environment could takethe strain
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Science: Plant switches on genes in response to touch
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Science: Artificial molecule shows 'sign of life'
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Science: Earthquakes leave loose material all shook up
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Science: Mouse tumours held in check by human gene
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Science: Background radiation deepens the confusion for big bang theorists
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'No incentives' for academics to respect gene laws
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Eastern block
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More HIV children
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Did somebody pull the plug?
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Lead-free CO2
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Patent moves
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Mediterranean aid
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Helpful fellows
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Media praised
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Teachers struggle to cope with the national curriculum
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Europe's agriculture policy 'destroys the environment'
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Faulty forecasts blamed for falling Canadian fish stocks
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Ukrainians call for prosecutions over Chernobyl . . .
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. . . as fallout still contaminates the fells
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Unions challenge museum plan to axe 100 posts
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Embryo Research: Parliament gives overwhelming approval to embryo research
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US fails in bid to play down global warming threat
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The day the commandos dropped into a French nuclear plant
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Small satellite dishes may be heading for big problems
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R&D figures 'distorted' by defence spending
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Laser-toting superpowers turn on the locusts
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Opinion
Features
The slimming of clinical research: Britain's only institution dedicated to clinical research is to close. What lessons can we learn from its demise, to strengthen links between scientists and doctors?
Features
Wormholes, time travel and quantum gravity
Features
Defenders of the reef: Jewel-like corals and brightly coloured fish attract biologists to the study of reefs. But a sorely neglected group of organisms, the coralline algae, may be more crucial to the survival of the reef than any of their more spectacul
Features
Working-class honours – the not-so glittering prizes: Why isthe status of science and technology in Britain so low? It could be becausethe practitioners of these disciplines tend to come from the working class
Features
On the edge of disaster: The ocean margins function as a skin - a membrane between land and sea that is essential to the wellbeing of the planet. If the rash of conflicting interests in this narrow zone is not treated soon, the world could end up with a
Features
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Forum: Beyond the call of duty - Doctors advise, patients listen
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Forum: Just for the record - Chris Reynolds reckons we are storing up problems for historians
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Thistle Diary - More comment from Westminster: Eastern contacts and teeth for the law
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Forum: As seen on television - What gives a scientist star status
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Student Review: Biochemistry in ferment
Books & Arts
Student Review: From Hollywood to rational infants
Books & Arts
Student Review: Physics provides a few sparklers
Books & Arts
Forum: A question of fraud - Moves afoot to combat skulduggery in the lab
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Student Review: Computing towards the future
Books & Arts
Student Review: Lean pickings in chemistry
Books & Arts
Student Review: A thin year for Earth sciences
Books & Arts
Student Review: Books for students should stretch the mind, as well as teach a subject. And reading about science generally rather than textbooks for exams in chemistry or physics can be fun
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Student Review: Ecology begins in the back garden
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Student Review: The changing face of mathematics
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Student Review: This year looks like being chaos year
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Student Review: Fragments of the past
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