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Horizon: Picking Winners

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British science is in trouble. The technology gap between us and our first division competitors, the United States and Japan, is still widening; over 20 per cent of top-rated research projects are being rejected for lack of funds. The financial squeeze is so serious that Britain is currently considering withdrawal from CERN, the world-leading particle physics laboratory in Geneva.

In a special studio debate "Horizon" examines the hard decisions that have now to be made about future scientific priorities. Can we afford to stay in CERN? Can we do more to back scientific 'winners' to close that technology gap?

Contributors

Presenter:
Nick Ross
Presenter:
Kieran Prendiville
"Horizon" Editor:
Graham Massey
Producer:
Adrian Milne
Source: Radio Times

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