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Published online 23 January 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/451390a

Defence research: Still in the lead?

Half a century after its creation, the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is considered a paragon of government innovation. But some question whether it is still relevant. Sharon Weinberger reports.

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