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Nature 439, 633 (9 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/439633a; Published online 8 February 2006

Physics fights back

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The physical sciences are strongly favoured in President Bush's 2007 budget request — but researchers can't count their chickens yet.

President George W. Bush's State of the Union address on 31 January has been widely reviewed as an uninspiring compendium of small things.