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A far cry from Florida

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Scientist Larry Hench is one of the few Americans to have sought academic work in London, UK, and he believes that the Medical Research Council is unlikely to attract more foreign academics despite its investment programme. Hench believes UK students are of sufficiently high quality and feels there should be no need to search overseas for researchers. Hench joined the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London in 1995 from the University of Florida and feels he would have been unable to afford to move without his retirement income from Florida. He believes the transfer was a wise move, however.

Officials and employees, Interview, Scientists, University of London. Imperial College of Science and Technology, Hench, Larry

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Planet's red but so is the ink

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Funding for the European Space Agency (ESA) was fixed for a three year period, in 1995, and as a result it may not be able to afford to pay for the Mars Express, on a trip to Mars in 2003. Open University Professor of Planetary Science Colin Pillinger suggests the ESA must become involved with the mission to Mars to maintain its creditability. European countries have to fund instrumentation for the 123 million pounds sterling project. Pillinger is finding it very difficult to get private funding for his Beagle 2 landing craft without formal agreement, to use the craft, from the ESA.

Europe, Finance, Science and technology policy, Space flight to Mars, Mars flights, European Space Agency

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Sick countess rounds on 'impartial' advisers

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Countess Margaret of Mar is leading a determined fight in the House of Lords to investigate the harmful side effects of sheep dip organophosphates. She, like many others in the United Kingdom, has experienced unpleasant and debilitating symptoms thought to be caused by organophosphates. She believes that industry is preventing researchers from carrying out unbiased investigations into the use of organophosphates. The symptoms are flue-like and the victim often suffers from long-term exhaustion and depression.

Health aspects, Political aspects, Organophosphorus compounds, Organic phosphorus compounds, Agricultural laboratories

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