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Budget cuts impact photonics

Japan's new government has reversed its decision for research funding and angered many scientists in the process as budgets — including those for photonics research — get cut.

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Fuyuno, I. Budget cuts impact photonics. Nature Photon 4, 70–71 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2009.275

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