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Nature 402, 449 (2 December 1999) | doi:10.1038/44902

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US defence labs face research cutbacks...

Rex Dalton

National defence laboratories in the United States have had to tighten their belts to meet last-minute cuts in funding for long-term research projects chosen at the discretion of their directors. The cuts were quietly imposed by Congress in September as it raced to meet its budget deadline.