As the congressional supercommittee strives to reach its goal of slashing at least $1.2 trillion from the federal deficit, it should maintain robust federal support of scientific research, which has given our nation amazing technologies.
The laser, MRI, iPad and the Internet are just a few examples of the many innovations that began years ago inside a science laboratory.
Former U.S. Congressman Vernon Ehlers (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Cornell University graduate student John Mergo recently wrote op-eds making the aforementioned case in pieces published in the Grand Rapids Press and the Chillicothe Gazette.
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