Federal aids provided for training in biomedical research may be stopped. Scientists are pressing for continuation by persuading the administration and possibly winning legislators' support. (PS)

Proposes an international research laboratory to investigate environmental factors in human health. By international cooperation unnecessary duplication and waste of resources can be avoided and long-term studies can examine various world-wide environments. (JM)

Suggests that the course of scientific research cannot be planned, because, by its nature, it deals with the unknown. (AL)

Suggests using techniques developed for the application of physical science to technology, or analogues of them, to social sciences. This will involve cooperation of politicians, administrators, and research workers. (AL)

It has recently been shown that perceived motion, in the absence of any appropriate retinal motion, is a sufficient stimulus to generate smooth pursuit eye motions. However, three experiments show that perceived motion is not necessary for pursuit, but that retinal motion always governs pursuit. (BB)

This letter is polemic. It has been proposed that developmental dyslexia is associated with bilateral hemispheric representation of spatial function that interferes with specialized left hemispheric processing of linguistic information. The data presented, however, may not warrant this conclusion. (BB)

Describes the historical relationships between the federal government and research universities, particularly with regard to scientific research. Argues that the autonomy of the research university is being undermined by the vast increases in federal funding of applied research contracts, especially those related to national defense, including the…

Presented are the results of a national poll of research directors to identify critical problems facing basic research today. Problems identified included the following: lack of continuous, stable funding; decline in the quality of research students; infringement of the freedom of inquiry; and decline in public confidence. (SL)

Basic research in agriculture gets little support from government. It is time to improve this situation and expand research efforts in this area. (PS)

The combined-cycle system is currently regarded as a useful procedure for producing electricity. This system can burn natural gas and oil distillates in addition to coal. In the future when natural gas stocks will be low, coal may become an important fuel for such systems. Considerable effort must be made for research on coal gasification and…

Article provides an account of alternatives for solving energy shortage problems in future years. A national policy is needed. More concerted effort should be made to develop technologies for conversion of energy from conventional and non-conventional resources so that energy is cheaper, available for use and without environmental hazards. (PS)