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whiskey in the jar
British scientists have long taken pride in “punching above their weight,” as former U.K. science adviser David King once said, achieving a wide impact with a relatively modest use of public funds. Two reports out last week confirm that reputation. In the first of a planned biennial look at the international standing of British science, the U.K. Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) released a citation analysis it commissioned from Elsevier, the scientific publishing company. The analysis, according to a BIS statement, found that the United Kingdom “attracts more citations per pound spent in overall research and development than any other country.” A similar analysis, independently produced by Thomson Reuters, supports that basic theme: Scientific papers from Britain have the...
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Global Demand Stresses Limited Supply
A mere few countries control worldwide production of many minerals that have become essential to high-tech manufacturing: europium for TV displays, neodymium for computer disk drives. And some countries, such as China, have begun hoarding the resources for their own companies.
What are they used for?
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