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...million in a new fabrication facility for micromachining and microelectronics. Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry is considering allocating nearly $70 million for the development of medical microrobots. "I'm absolutely amazed at how fast this field has progressed," says George Hazelrigg, a program director at the NSF, the Government agency spearheading the U.S.'s micromechanics effort...
Research universities are facing a growing crisis as the supply of well-trained students continues to lag behind the increasing nationwide demand for scientific research, the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) said yesterday...
Bloch also said that the NSF, which is a major source of federal funding for university research, has been shifting its focus the last few years from strictly supporting research to funding programs that encourage high school and undergraduate science education...
...said, however, that the NSF has no coherent program for science education but rather supports "bits and pieces" of various programs...
Rueckner said the closed-door policy of the recent NSF committee meeting was "irksome" because scientific debate should be an open forum, andnot limited to those with a certain view...