So we have made the largest investment in research and development, in basic research and science, in our history, because that's going to determine whether we can compete with China and India and Germany over the long term.
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And that requires investments. (Applause.) That requires investments in basic research and basic science.
But we're not going to reduce the deficit by gutting education investments, gutting investments that we make in our infrastructure, gutting our investments in basic science and research that can lead to discoveries in clean energy or lead to discoveries in curing cancer.
We invented amazing scientific technologies and medical breakthroughs because we invested in basic research and science.
We can continue to invest in basic science and research so that we maintain our technological edge and commercialize those advances.
We're not going to fail to make investments in basic science and research that could cure diseases that harm people, or create the new technology that ends up creating entire jobs and industries that we haven't seen before.
And that kind of approach, I believe, will not grow our economy because the only way to pay for it without either burdening the middle class or blowing up our deficit is to make drastic cuts in things like education, making sure that we are continuing to invest in basic science and research -- all the things that are helping America grow.
Research in massage therapy, for example, is in its infancy, and little is known about the basic physiological effects of various techniques on tissues such as capillary beds, connective tissue, chemical markers, etc, so basic science research is critical in advancing our understanding of the various physiological effects of massage therapy.
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We are going to invest in American innovation and basic science and research.
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Although there are encouraging signs, women are still under-represented in science whether in basic scientific research or at higher decision-making levels.
Some folks in Washington also want to close the deficit by gutting our investments in things like clean energy or medical research or basic science.
But like Melton and many of his colleagues in research, Lanza said this stance ignores the basic science, and both kinds of research will be crucial to the success of the entire field.
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The DOE Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time.
All of them, though, are going to require some investment in new ways of thinking, new basic science, new research.
The new Dundee centre would be given the task of taking research from the lab bench to the bedside, "translating" basic science in the laboratory into better treatment for patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
Even beyond energy, from the National Institutes of Health to the National Science Foundation, this recovery act represents the biggest increase in basic research funding in the long history of America's noble endeavor to better understand our world.
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