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Italian election leaves science out in the cold

Researchers hold out little hope that the next government will improve their underfunded research system.
  1. Alison Abbott
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As campaigning ahead of Italy’s national election enters its final weeks, researchers in the country fear that budget cuts and declining interest in science will only continue — whatever the outcome of the vote on 4 March.

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Nature 554, 411-412 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-02223-7

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  • Clarification 23 February 2018: The original version of the graphic’s top panel did not give full units for the y-axis. This has been updated.

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