Obama vows to increase funding for basic science The president has pledged to raise total US spending on research and development by government and industry to 3% of GDP, but it's not clear how the increase would be achieved ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓÆµ
TechnologyUS to slash funding for 'exotic' missile defences The Obama administration is scaling back research into anti-missile technologies such as airborne lasers or "kill vehicles" ¿ìè¶ÌÊÓÆµ