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Obama budget seeks big boost for science

White House plan would increase research and development funding but faces rough road in Congress.

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Deng, B., Monastersky, R., Morello, L. et al. Obama budget seeks big boost for science. Nature 518, 13–15 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/518013a

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