British report real decline in spending on research
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British spending on research and development fell from 9.239 billion pounds sterling to 9.187 billion from 1989 to 1990. This drop in spending, released as a part of the British government's annual review of investment in research, mirrors a similar decline in government outlays for research. The finding that industrial spending on intramural research has remained at 1.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) since 1986 is eliciting concern, as is the decline in civil science research spending from 0.63% of GDP in 1985 to 0.51% in 1990. Employment of specialists in research and development has also fallen.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1992
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Last chance for British Ass?
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The British Assn for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) used its annual meeting at Southampton, England in Aug 1992 to announce plans for reviving its influence. These plans, which include the publishing a periodical and renewing efforts at stressing issues important to the public, should not be dismissed despite the failure of similar resolutions in the past. The BAAS, which was the dominant British scientific society after its founding in 1832 but which declined in the 20th century, should maintain science-publicizing activities between its yearly science festivals.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1992
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Towards real-time molecular demolition?
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It may become possible to dissociate molecules in a controlled manner through the use of chirped laser pulses. Dutch researchers have excited the transition of rubidium's valence electron from the ground to the first two excited states using a chirped laser pulse. As the frequency of the laser increases, the first transition is stimulated and then the slightly less energetic second transition. Surprisingly, pulses of decreasing frequency populate the higher energy level while bypassing the intermediate one.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1992
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