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Obama reasserts research focus

Nature volume 491, pages 309–311 (2012)Cite this article

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  2. Ivan Semeniuk
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Hand, E., Semeniuk, I., Tollefson, J. et al. Obama reasserts research focus. Nature 491, 309–311 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/491309a

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