Watson urges 'put Hitler behind us.' (Nobel Prize winner James D. Watson)

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Watson encouraged Germany to invest more effort and money in genetic research in a May 1997 speech to a molecular medicine congress in Berlin. Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA, offended some when he charged that Germany never fully punished some Nazi-era geneticists.

World War II, 1939-1945, Speeches, lectures and essays, Genetic research, Atrocities, Watson, James D.

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Reactor project presses ahead despite protests

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Germany is going forward with plans to build a research nuclear reactor called FRM-II in spite of US protests over the fact that the reactor uses highly enriched uranium and violates nonproliferation standards. The scientific community has mixed reactions to the controversy.

United States, Political aspects, Design and construction, United States foreign relations, Nuclear fuels, Nuclear reactors, German foreign relations, Nuclear nonproliferation

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European labs fight back against cuts

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Germany's 1997 budget contains cuts amounting to 3.7% in funding of domestic research programs and in contributions to international labs. Contributions will be cut to the European Space Agency, the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility and CERN.

Science and state, Science policy, Federal aid to research, Government aid to research

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