23/04/03

Conflict impedes Middle East science

By: Declan Butler

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<p>Researchers are warning that the latest conflict in the Middle East could seriously damage long-term efforts to foster scientific collaboration in the region.<BR><BR>War conditions, supply shortages and restrictions on travel by Palestinian scientists have brought previous collaboration to a standstill, and the escalation of conflict has polarised the views of researchers in both camps. <BR><BR>But many researchers are convinced that any let-up in the conflict may allow for a rapid revival in collaboration between Israeli and Arab scientists.<BR><BR><a href="http://www.nature.com/login/scidev_login.taf?ref=/nature/journal/v417/n6886/full/417209a_fs.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/tracking/external/'+this.href);" rel="noopener noreferrer">Link to full text </A><BR><BR>Reference: <em>Nature</em> 417, 209 (2002)</p>

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Researchers are warning that the latest conflict in the Middle East could seriously damage long-term efforts to foster scientific collaboration in the region.

War conditions, supply shortages and restrictions on travel by Palestinian scientists have brought previous collaboration to a standstill, and the escalation of conflict has polarised the views of researchers in both camps.

But many researchers are convinced that any let-up in the conflict may allow for a rapid revival in collaboration between Israeli and Arab scientists.

Link to full text

Reference: Nature 417, 209 (2002)