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摘要

Money - goes the saying - makes the world go noundWell, much as anyone with even a passing acquaintance with gravity and Newton's famous laws may take umbrage at this, the fact remains that for R&D this trite statement is largely inescapable. Science is expensive - if there is no financial backing for any given piece of research then it just can't happen. Equipment, staff, consumables, premises - just the very tip of an expenses iceberg that extends very deeply indeed. And as technologies and capabilities grow so do the costs. How the UK scientific community approaches this and attempts to make its scientific ambition tally with its financial reality will be the major factor in our ability to perform at a global level.