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Science 28 March 1997:
Vol. 275. no. 5308, pp. 1873 - 0
DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5308.1873a

News & Comment

James Glanz

Plasma scientists have rushed to take advantage of a new $13 million federal program aimed at generating more basic knowledge about these ionized gases. Jointly sponsored by the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation, the program aims to reverse a decades-long pattern of viewing plasma science as a large collection of applications, from fusion energy to plasma processing of semiconductors, and revitalize its scientific underpinnings.

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