A touch of Tokyo in Surrey: Japan is beginning to invest in research projects abroad. While British science benefits from the extra resources, the Japanese hope to learn more creative ways of working
Features
This week's magazine
24 November 1990
Issue 1744
Editor's picks
Breaching the blood-brain barrier: The brain has gatekeepers that let in essential nutrients but keep out substances in the blood that would interfere with its nerve cells. Studies of this barrier may lead to ways of supplying drugs to the otherwise inac
Features
The man who proved Einstein was wrong: Albert Einstein never
Features
Moths with a taste for tears: Insects that live off the tears of mammals find the secretions a tasty and nutritious food. The moths wisely favour mild-mannered herbivores as their victims
Features
Poisoned prey in the heart of Africa: DDT and dieldrin are banned or restricted in most developed countries. But these pesticides may still be killing African birds of prey
Features
The rough road to slaughter: Farm animals often spend their last days travelling long distances cramped into lorries, hungry and thirsty. The single European market for 1992 may make matters worse. But there are ways to transport animals in far less disc
Features
Table of contents
News
Science: Did a comet end the Triassic period?
Did a comet end the Triassic period?
News
Third World’s finest snapped up by the West
News
Europe wrangles over cash to shore up science
News
Call for watchdog to improve safety at sea
News
No forensic evidence against Birmingham Six
News
Gene therapy ‘yes’
News
Planet meets plasma
News
Embarrassing waste
News
Mission impossible
News
CTCs in doubt
News
Mud slung at games
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Unsafe haste
News
Saturn’s spot just keeps on growing
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Science: Of mice and monarch butterflies
News
Science: The peculiar properties of molecules in cages
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East German science flounders under unity
News
Science: Why two penises are so much better than one
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Science: The history of the ozone layer
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Britain shifts position on Antarctica
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Iraq opens its doors to nuclear inspectors
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Beleaguered ‘Esprit’ fights off its critics
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Royal reprieve for Japan’s blue coral
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Hazardous industries screened for cancer
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Timber traders promise ‘too little’
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Bhopal polluters accused of hypocrisy
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Fury over ‘delayed’ AIDS drug
News
Technology
Technology: Air-driven train gives commuters a smoother ride
News
Patents: Instant settlement
News
Patents: High-specs specs
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Patents: Shortened life for drug patents
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Patents: Rearguard message
News
Patents: Faces on the phone
News
Technology
Technology: Beam me up, Kenji
News
Technology
Technology: Sony winds up Philips in digital tape war
News
Technology
Technology: Coated bulbs lighten the power load
News
Technology
Technology: Superconducting circuits – getting warmer
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Technology
Technology: Robot arm elbows into the jet washing business
News
Technology
Technology: The dangers faced by ships in port
News
Science: 杏吧原创s almost make water freeze at freezing point
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Australia weighs up the options on Maralinga
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Life-saving inhaler may damage the heart
News
Opinion
Features
A touch of Tokyo in Surrey: Japan is beginning to invest in research projects abroad. While British science benefits from the extra resources, the Japanese hope to learn more creative ways of working
Features
Breaching the blood-brain barrier: The brain has gatekeepers that let in essential nutrients but keep out substances in the blood that would interfere with its nerve cells. Studies of this barrier may lead to ways of supplying drugs to the otherwise inac
Features
The man who proved Einstein was wrong: Albert Einstein never
Features
Moths with a taste for tears: Insects that live off the tears of mammals find the secretions a tasty and nutritious food. The moths wisely favour mild-mannered herbivores as their victims
Features
Poisoned prey in the heart of Africa: DDT and dieldrin are banned or restricted in most developed countries. But these pesticides may still be killing African birds of prey
Features
The rough road to slaughter: Farm animals often spend their last days travelling long distances cramped into lorries, hungry and thirsty. The single European market for 1992 may make matters worse. But there are ways to transport animals in far less disc
Features
More
Thistle diary: Where’s the cement? – Comment from Westminster
Review: What lies beneath our feet
Books & Arts
Review: Advances in school biology
Books & Arts
Forum: Pity the poor laboratory mouse – Its life has always been hard cheese
Forum: Sorry, the whalemeat is frozen – If you go to Japan, be ready to eat fish
Forum: How to get a share of the Brussels billions – How to find Community funding
Forum: Sellout of the century – Consumer spending cannot save the rainforest
Computers: How to do everything at once
Books & Arts
Review: Domesticators prefer blondes
Books & Arts
