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US midterm elections: Deficit poses threat to science

Research programmes in the United States seem to be heading for a cliff, no matter who wins in Congress.

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Reich, E. US midterm elections: Deficit poses threat to science. Nature 467, 760–761 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/467760a

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