Research improves reality

You wait 25 years for a useful research project, and then three come along at once

Ian Walmsley

Pan Up

My previous writings on research were entitled ‘The death of Research’ (September 2010) and ‘Research – still dead’ (September 2015) – you might notice a theme. I have had a third part of this trilogy half-written for some time but, unsurprisingly, there was always something more interesting to write about.

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