Last September, 50 signatory countries adopted a new conservation plan to catalyse regional initiatives.

UNESCO: Open Access to Scientific Information

X-rays of exactly the right energy to catalyse the formation of hydrogen molecules, and thus eventually of stars.

ECONOMIST: Research from the beginning of time

Natural enzymes, which catalyse the reactions that make life possible, generally turn out only one enantiomer.

ECONOMIST: MONITOR

It will encourage knowledge exchange, regional networking and catalyse innovation by helping to design and test new approaches to education.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

It is becoming abundantly clear that government funds or at least government intervention will be necessary to catalyse the rebuilding of banks' balance sheets.

ECONOMIST: The credit crunch