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Biotechnology's Prospects A Year After The Crash

By Robert Buderi

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Anthropologist Struggles To Save A Warrior Tribe

By Roberta Friedman

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Space University completes Its First Semester At MIT

By Liz Marshall

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Can A Single Scientist Scramble The SSC Race?

By Jeffrey Mervis

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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National Lab Briefs

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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The Abused Foreign Postdoc: A Seamy Side Of Science

By Eugene Garfield

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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All Calm in Buffalo

By Donald Goralski

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Private Labs' Plight

By Alfred Zernik

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Software Lacks Style

By Stayros Macrakis

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Perils of Peer Review

By William Gibson

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Too Many White Males

By Eve Patton

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Encourage Renegades

By Ej Neiburger

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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How I Managed To Explore The 'Magical' Senses Of Bats

By Donald Griffin

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Hot Papers

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Terrascope Could Shake Up Future Earthquake Science

By Don Anderson

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Opening The Curtain On Eastern Bloc Science

By David Pendlebury

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Articles Alert

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Articles Alert

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Articles Alert

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Articles Alert

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Fund Aims To See Students Opt For Science Careers

By Wendy Walker

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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If Young Scientists Are Best, Then Japan May Have An Edge

By Susan Milius

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Funding Briefs

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Foundations Care About Young Scientists, Too

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Science Grants

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Peripheral-Sharing Unit Aims To Unravel Output Snarls

By Steven Yuhas

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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A Glossary Of Leasing Terms

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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With Pricey Lab Equipment, Leasing May Be The Answer

By Clarke Wood

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Censorship Poses Threat To Everyone, Scientists Included

By Dorothy Nelkin

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Also Notable

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Suomi Yields Science Center Helm

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Nobel Laureate Luis Alvarez Dies at 77; Noted For Diverse Career And Controversial Theories

By Bruce Fellman

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Shootout At The K/T Boundary

By Bruce Fellman

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Government Briefs

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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How DOE Decides Who Gets The SSC

By Jeffrey Mervis

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Entrepreneur Briefs

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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NeoRx Snapped The Public Market's Biotech Shut-Out

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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U.S. High Technology Gets A Foreign Accent

By Garrett Deyoung

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Industry Briefs

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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University Briefs

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Don't Abolish Tenure; But Make It Conditional

By Alexander Kohn

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Science Literacy Is Futile; Try Science Appreciation

By Morris Shamos

[Published 3rd October 1988]

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Can Hard Science Save The Aerospace Plane?

By Ta Heppenheimer

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Neural Network Startups Proliferate Across The U.S.

By Colin Johnson

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Doing Good Science With Rank Amateurs

By Bill Lawren

[Published 17th October 1988]

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How Britain's Salford U. Rose From The Dead Like Lazarus

By John Stanstell

[Published 17th October 1988]

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How Scientists Can Help Foster Science Appreciation

By Eugene Garfield

[Published 17th October 1988]

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On Science And Religion

By Ralph Lewis

[Published 17th October 1988]

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On Science And Religion

By Bruce Gregory

[Published 17th October 1988]

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On Science And Religion

By Benton Stidd

[Published 17th October 1988]

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On Science And Religion

By Keith Crutcher

[Published 17th October 1988]

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On Science And Religion

By Theodore Rockwel

[Published 17th October 1988]

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On Science And Religion

By John Mcglone

[Published 17th October 1988]

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End Peer Review

By Ronald Paque

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Radiation Risk

By Rosalyn Yalow

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Hot Papers

[Published 17th October 1988]

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By David Pendlebury

[Published 17th October 1988]

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New Wave Cancer Therapy: Disease-Specific Strategies

By George Poste, Russell Greig

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Articles Alert

By Marye Anne Fox

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Articles Alert

By Bernard Dixon

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Articles Alert

By Francisco Ayala

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Articles Alert

By Peter Smith

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Articles Alert

By Sokrates Pantelides

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Industry Briefs

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Top 20 Science Cities In The U.S.

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Chinese Biotech Initiative May Open Doors For U.S. Firms

By Anne Moffat

[Published 17th October 1988]

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How Scientists And Journalists Can Reach Mutual Understanding

By George Liles

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Funding Briefs

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Science Grants

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Rejected NIH Applicants Should Keep Trying

[Published 17th October 1988]

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National Lab Briefs

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Mix Of Programs Can Meet Lab Communication Needs

By Phillip Good

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Tools Briefs

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Laser Augments New Pharmaceutical Detecting Device

By Mike Spear

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Where Science, Technology, And Profit Motive Meet

By Terry Reynolds

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Also Notable

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Lord Foundation Honors Six As Science Leaders

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Government Briefs

[Published 17th October 1988]

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University Briefs

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Private Institute Briefs

[Published 17th October 1988]

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A Lonely Stargazer, With A Lot Of Help From His Friends

By Laurel Joyce

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Scientists Launch Innovative Programs To Improve Grade School Education

By Ray Spagenberg

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Entrepreneur Briefs

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Association Briefs

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Report Says Foreigners Strenghten U.S. Labs

By Jeffrey Mervis

[Published 17th October 1988]

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We Are Eroding The Vital link Between Academic Research And Education

By Douglas Kelly

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Prizes Like The Nobel Are Unjust--And Bad For Science

[Published 17th October 1988]

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Recruitment Wars: Grad Schools Battle For The Best And Brightest

By Marcia Barinaga

[Published 31st October 1988]

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How Two Immunology Teams Made Headlines

By Laurel Joyce

[Published 31st October 1988]

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What Are Glaxo Scientists Doing Right?

By Peter Marsh

[Published 31st October 1988]

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A Threat To Monitor Science Is Quashed

By Jeffrey Mervis

[Published 31st October 1988]

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How First World Scientists Can Reach Out To Third World Colleagues

By Eugene Garfield

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Glut Of Scientists?

By Irwin Feerst

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Strange Reviewing

By Arnaldo Cantani

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Importance Of Theory

By Ralph Lewis

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Hot Papers

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Gallium Arsenide: Key To Faster, Better Computing

By George Whitesides

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Growth Factor Research Experiences A Boom

By David Pendlebury

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Articles Alert

By Bruce Buchanan

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Articles Alert

By Ron Magolda

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Articles Alert

By Frank Wilczek

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Articles Alert

By William Loomis

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Articles Alert

By Peter Moore

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Tiny Israel: A Big Player In Select Science Areas

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Advice To Scientist-Writers: Beware Old 'Fallacies'

By Hj Tichy

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Fermilab: A Leader In Child Care As Well As In Physics

By Kathleen Flinn

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Big Rise Is Predicted In Biotech Job Market

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Funding Briefs

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Science Grants

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Private Labs: Who Gets The Most Federal Support?

[Published 31st October 1988]

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National Lab Briefs

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Feud Prevents NIH, HHS From Teaming Up Against Science Fraud

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Macintosh Word Processors Are Powerful But Flawed

By Joel Shurkin

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Tools Briefs

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Device Helps Find DNA 'Needles' In Genetic 'Haystack'

By Henry Erlich

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Image Processing: A Big Step Forward

By V Richard Sheridan, Wendy Wilson Sheridan

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Metabolic Pathways Chart: An All-Time Best-Seller

By Bernard Dixon

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Also Notable

[Published 31st October 1988]

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One Foot In A Science Lab, The Other In Big Business

By David Kingsbury

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Stanford Scientists: They Were Willing To Take Bets

By Marcia Barinaga

[Published 31st October 1988]

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La Jolla Researchers: An Argument Inspired Them

By Kathryn Phillips

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Government Briefs

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Should Journal Editors Play Science Cops?

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Biochemist Takes Charge of Beleaguered NIH Misconduct Office

[Published 31st October 1988]

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University Briefs

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Private Institute Briefs

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Industry Briefs

[Published 31st October 1988]

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INSIDE THE RECRUITMENT WARS: ONE BIOLOGY STUDENTS STORY

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Entrepreneur Briefs

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Aquanautics: From Briny Dream To Yeasty Reality

By Robert Buderi

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Association Briefs

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Scientists Divorce Practitioners: Split In The American Psychological Association

By Liz Marshall

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Lewis Branscomb Explains How Dukakis Will Bolster Research

[Published 31st October 1988]

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Where Do The Presidential Candidates Stand On Science?

By John Carey

[Published 31st October 1988]

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William Graham And John Sununu Reveal Bush's Science Priorities

[Published 31st October 1988]