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Nature 430, 4 (1 July 2004) | doi:10.1038/430004a; Published online 1 July 2004

Kerry promises spectrum sale to fund science

Geoff Brumfiel

Democrat John Kerry, the US presidential candidate, has unveiled a strategy for investing billions of extra dollars in science and technology, with an emphasis on research in areas other than biomedicine.The plan, released on 24 June, would raise US$30 billion over an unspecified period of time through the auction of radio spectrum that is currently used for television broadcasts.

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