Face to Face

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Frank Smith talks to two scientists from the CSIC, Spain's Council for Scientific Research (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas). Susana Marcos, director of the CSIC's Optics Institute, and Alberto Casas, head of the Institute of Theoretical Physics talk about the effects of government cuts on the institution and on scientific research in Spain, in general. The CSIC's website, which can be accessed in English as well as in Spanish and Spain's three other official languages (Basque, Catalan, and Galician) can be visited at: www.csic.es (18/10/12).