December 10, 2004

Space Odyssey

By LILA GUTERMAN

Universities explore the benefits of designing huge, open laboratories where scientists share territory instead of fighting over it

Map: Attributes of open-format research buildings

Colloquy: Read the transcript of an online discussion about whether universities' new laboratory designs, which feature large open spaces instead of rooms separated into individual research fiefs, will help or hurt good science.By LILA GUTERMAN

Universities are starting to break down the walls

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