BIOMEDICAL research was among the big winners, and physics among the losers, in the latest deal-making over the mammoth US economic stimulus bill.
As New 杏吧原创 went to press, the Senate was expected to pass an of the bill, costing an estimated . According to the , it includes $17.8 billion for research 鈥� up from the $13.2 billion proposed by the House of Representatives.
Biomedical research at the would profit, with $6.5 billion more than the House proposed, but the two main agencies supporting the physical sciences were not so favoured. The Senate has cut funding for the and the by $1.8 billion and $1.7 billion respectively.
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The two versions now have to be reconciled before President Obama signs the final bill.