Planning a future without ITER

Article Abstract:

The 3-year delay and escalating $10 billion cost of ITER threaten the multinational pact to build the world's largest tokamak. Alternatives include: downsizing ITER; a preliminary plasma-burning experiement; or other untried magnetic configurations from several nations.

Planning, Evaluation, International aspects, Science and state, Science policy, Tokamaks, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, Plasma accelerators

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Texaco offers to settle copyright case

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Texaco Corp has offered more than $1 million in an out-of-court settlement of a 1985 case that accused its researchers of illegally photocopying journal articles. The offer is viewed as a win for publishers of scientific journals.

Cases, Periodical publishing, Copyright, Copyrights, Texaco Inc., TX

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Key NASA lab under fire for animal care practices

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An outside report concluded that Ames failed to follow federal animal care guidelines and maintain NASA animal care standards. An investigation was launched when an animal died due to 'inappropriate administration of anesthesia.'

Investigations, Animal experimentation, United States. Ames Research Center

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