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'THE FUN IS TOTALLY GONE'
The National Institutes of Health, which receives tens of thousands of research-grant applications each year, is looking for ways to lure back top academic scientists as peer reviewers. Many have turned away from the responsibility, which they call increasingly onerous and frustrating. (Most of the applications go to the NIH's Center for Scientific Review, directed by Antonio Scarpa, above left.) (Photograph by National Institutes of Health)
In California, Millions Are Distributed for Stem-Cell Research
Pioneers of stem-cell research in California struck a mother lode on Wednesday when a state agency handed out a total of $271-million to 12 academic institutions to construct laboratories for the work. Huge Databases Offer a Research Gold Mine -- and Privacy Worries News Analysis: Competing Meetings Kick Up Sand in Middle-East Studies New Group of Scholars Discusses Islamic Extremism at First Meeting NEWS ANALYSIS: Scholars at both ends of the ideological spectrum in Middle East studies are alarmed by its current state. What other common ground do they share? Publishing
New Scholarly Books: Hot Type: In a spat with a publisher, a scholarly foundation won the legal right to control its journal's content. Nota Bene: A risque view of 19th-century New York; a seismic view of archaeology; and a textual view of Al Qaeda. What they're reading on college campuses: A list of the best-selling books.
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