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Science 26 October 2007:
Vol. 318. no. 5850, p. 553
DOI: 10.1126/science.318.5850.553c
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  • The ITER Organization--which aims to show that nuclear fusion is a viable power source--came into being this week, 2 decades after the idea was proposed. The European Union and six member nations have ratified the necessary agreement and will now begin building a €5 billion reactor in Cadarache, France.

  • Last week, six universities joined the ranks of the German elite. Government officials announced the winners of a second round of funding designed to boost a few top universities to world-class status (Science, 20 October 2006, p. 400). Winners this time were the RWTH Aachen University, Freie Universität Berlin, the University of Freiburg, the University of Göttingen, the University of Heidelberg, and the University of Konstanz. They join last year's three winners in receiving an extra €3 million a year in federal funding for the next 5 years.

  • Hundreds of French researchers gathered last week at the headquarters of the National Centre for Scientific Research to protest the government's alleged plans to turn the $4.3 billion institute into a funding agency. The government will announce its plans for CNRS later this year.

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