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Power shift stymies US science budget

Spending plans in limbo as Democrats take over Congress.

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Geoff Brumfiel, with additional reporting by Emma Marris See Editorial, page 126 .

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Brumfiel, G. Power shift stymies US science budget. Nature 445, 130–131 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/445130a

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