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The bluest of blue sky research

By 2011, the UK science budget will reach £4bn. Now an unconventional new prize being launched by University College London hopes to foster the bluest of blue skies research. Professor Don Braben explains that the hope is to uncover the latest Einstein or Max Planck.

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