Highlights activities and scientific accomplishments at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England. Includes comments by staff scientists about their current research endeavors. (JN)

Discusses new experiments that are being designed to solve the solar neutrino problem and determine the power source of the sun. (HM)

Presents a translated reprinting of an article that appeared in a Russian scientific journal in 1971 about some life incidents and beliefs of the physicist Landau. (MLH)

Examination of how biomedical scientists cite the published work of others in their own journal articles revealed that subjects tended to summarize or generalize others' articles and used few direct quotations and little paraphrasing. The results suggest ethical and instructional questions relating to which citation forms should be taught to…

Describes a recent move of scientists and university administrators in Japan to allow external peer review in an effort to convince government bureaucrats that Japan's academic research is up to world standards and therefore deserves more money. (ZWH)

Describes the experiences of two teachers in the Research and Education: Volcanoes, Exploration and Life (R.E.V.E.L.) program which connects scientists and science teachers, and how they brought these experiences into their classrooms. (YDS)

Professional health care providers and a general public better informed about addiction science research could lead to improved treatment for persons with drug dependence. This study examines whether a communication skills workshop can provide scientists with knowledge of basic communication methods and motivation to present findings on addiction…

Today, there is increasing concern about the health of "basic research", yet considerable disagreement about its definition. This paper examines the way in which the term is used in everyday practice. Drawing upon interviews with British and American scientists and policy-makers, we identify six different definitions currently in use.…

Providing undergraduates with mentored research experiences is a critical component of contemporary undergraduate science education. Although the benefits of undergraduate research experiences are apparent, the methods for mentoring young scientists as they first begin navigating the research lab environment are reinvented in labs all over the…

Describes a lecture series at the University of Delaware in which faculty members from various universities impersonate early American scientists while they deliver lectures and recreate historic experiments. (MLH)

The assumption underlying the ideas presented in this study is that each of these two types of scientific creativity is accompanied by a specific psychological approach on the part of the scientist to his or her world of experience. A schema is presented for illustrating the processes of scientific perception, thinking, formulation, testing, and…

Discusses the development of the periodic table of the elements, in particular, the idea that the elements could be ordered according to atomic number. (BB)

Reports on a meeting of many of the world's leading particle physicists at the Fermi National Laboratory in October, 1977. Details major topics of conversation. (CP)

The language used by scientists to discuss their work and the social logic underlying scientific research is examined, and viewed from the perspective and as an extension of the space-time continuum that scientists study. (Author/MSE)