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NSB Mulls Spending NSF's $3B

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ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 23, 2009 – Deliberations about spending and oversight of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) $3 billion portion of the economic stimulus package are expected today at the National Science Board’s (NSB) first meeting of the year. Under the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, signed into law by President Barack Obama on Feb. 17, the NSF will receive an additional $2.5 billion for research and related activities, with the stipulation that $300 million be used solely for the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program and $200 million for modernizing academic research...Read full article

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    Published: February 2009
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    The technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon. The science includes light emission, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection by optical components and instruments, lasers and other light sources, fiber optics, electro-optical instrumentation, related hardware and electronics, and sophisticated systems. The range of applications of photonics extends from energy generation to detection to communications and...
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