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Science 'good bet' for investment

A proposal from the government department for Innovation, Universities and Skills suggests that £1bn would kick-start the economy, if spent on science research. How realistic is such an idea? Nick Dusic, director of the Campaign for Science and Engineering in the UK, discusses the proposal.

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