Science steers around Euro-potholes

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Prospects for European science have brightened with a bigger European Commission research budget and Ruberti's appointment. Ruberti's reformist ideas including transferring administration of some basic research programs to outside bodies such as the European Science Foundation.

Planning, International aspects, Cover Story, Science and technology policy, European Union, European Community, Ruberti, Antonio

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Long search for sea urchin sperm receptor pays off

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Female sea urchins lay eggs and await their fertilization by sperm from the same species, but scientists have only recently discovered how the egg receptor recognizes the sperm. Biologist William Lennarz has discovered such a receptor molecule called bindin.

Biologists, Sea urchins, Eggs (Biology), Lennarz, William

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Disease gene search goes big science

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Research consortia in Europe and the US hope to identify the genes that cause psychiatric illnesses such as manic depression and schizophrenia. Each project will genotype several thousand subjects to find the chromosome locations of disease genes.

Genetic aspects, Mental illness, Mental disorders, Chromosome mapping, United States. National Institute of Mental Health, European Science Foundation

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