April 14, 2022 - The Most Important Scientific Problems Have Yet to Be Solved

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From the Editor's Desk The Most Important Scientific Problems Have Yet to Be Solved Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934) was a neuroscientist and pathologist, and Spain’s first Nobel laureate. This excerpt from his book Advice for a Young Investigator was first posted on the MIT Press Reader on January 6, 2020. An essay on his remarkable scientific drawings appeared in Scientific American in 2015. Continued here TradeBriefs: Newsletters for Decision-Makers! Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails. Want the newsletters, without the promotional mailers? Get an (ad-free) subscription to TradeBriefs Premium for just $2 per month. Access to premium content | No advertisement mailers Work Is the SaaS selloff over? The decline in the value of annual recurring revenue, or ARR, may be over, but there's also scant indication that we're about to see a rebound. 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