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Australian Scientists Plane Synchrotron Expansion, But Where Is The Money?

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
May 12, 2011
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Submitted by Hank on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 09:22
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Are managers at the Australian Synchrotronpanicking given the news that neither the federal government nor the Victoria state government has addressed in their just-released budget proposals how the facility will be funded beyond June 2012, when its original 5-year financial plan ends?

At least publicly, those running the synchrotron are thinking not about how to save the young facility but how to grow it.   

Australian Government Silent on Synchrotron Budget While Scientists Plan Expansion by  Lucas Laursen at Science

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