For retired medical scientists and teachers, the Council offers the position of Emeritus Scientist to enable them to continue or take up research on specific biomedical topics.

"Whether his message works or not I don't know," said Charles O. Jones, a retired political scientist at the University of Wisconsin.

My father is a retired scientist, specialising in thermodynamics.

"This is an intriguing idea," said Dr. Saltmarsh, a retired scientist at Oak Ridge.

At the time they were collected, the papers had no apparent market value and institutions were not interested in keeping the archives of their retired scientists.

With the assistance of retired scientists, hobbyists, and collectors, he was able to obtain actual lab equipment used in the atomic bomb's research.

"I'm a retired biomedical scientist, have been retired for some time."

"I don't think they have much to fear," said John Bibby, a retired political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Together with three other companies, they are forming a network of retired scientists who can be hired for short-term assignments.

The dismembered body of a retired British scientist has been discovered close to his home in northern Argentina.