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<jats:p> <jats:bold>BERLIN</jats:bold> —The German government has poured huge sums into reconstructing research along western lines: re-equipping and reorganizing the best of what was there, opening new institutes, and closing many more. The results have been encouraging, but reforms are now threatened by budget shortages. </jats:p>

<jats:p>The White House has launched a 6-month review of federal policies affecting universities in the hope of improving the health of the government-university research nexus. At a roundtable held at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., last week, participants expressed concern about sudden shifts in federal funding, inadequate reimbursement for the cost of supporting research on campus, and insufficient attention to education and training.</jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:bold>LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA</jats:bold> —An all-star cast of politicians, academics, and industry leaders gathered here last week to discuss strengthening the R&amp;D enterprise in the United States. Many of the participants favored one prescription in particular: partnerships. </jats:p>

<jats:p> <jats:bold>MOSCOW</jats:bold> —Late last month, the Russian Cabinet approved the draft of a new tax code for the country which, if approved by parliament in its current form, would deprive research institutions of almost all the tax exemptions and concessions they currently enjoy. With Russia's research institutes already teetering on the brink of extinction because of shrinking budgets, this new burden may be enough to tip many of them over the edge. </jats:p>

<jats:p>Brooklyn College's science faculty has leveled what amounts to a fraud indictment against the New York Public Interest Research Group, based on what the faculty calls faulty logic in studies of recycling, SAT scores, and the Audi 5000 car. The charge, in a petition signed by 65 faculty members, raises the thorny question of whether reports by an advocacy group—even if they contain no original data—should be held to the same standards used to judge peer-reviewed science.</jats:p>

<jats:p>A year-long competition to replace NSF's current group of four supercomputing centers is coming down to the wire, and the winners are…</jats:p>