Clean sweep

A new broom worth £1 billion will soon be sweeping through British
university labs. The government is providing £775 million for
refurbishments and new equipment between 2002 and 2004, while the Wellcome
Trust, Britain’s leading life sciences charity, will add £225 million for
biomedical research. The lobby group Save British Science welcomed the windfall,
but says it needs to be matched by extra money for salaries and teaching.