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'Gathering Storm' back on the radar

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An update of a landmark report repeats a stirring call for US investment in science, technology and education.

Efforts to increase US competitiveness by funding basic scientific research and education have failed to improve the country's global outlook, says a report released today by the US National Academy of Sciences, the US National Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Medicine. It comes at a time when two key bills for science funding are set to expire and several science programs have had their budgets frozen in the current versions of the appropriations bills in Congress. "There is support for research but it is unstable, and these investments only make sense if they are sustained for the long haul," says report coauthor Charles Vest, president of the National Academy of Engineering in Washington DC.

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Reich, E. 'Gathering Storm' back on the radar. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.491

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