Think: ; Basic Research Can Pull U.S. Out of Economic Quagmire

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The ascension of new American leadership always leads to a sense of change and the expectation that a new administration will initiate solid solutions to the most pressing problems that confront the nation. Because the economy is one of those key problems, it is the right time for focused consideration of the role of basic research as a workhorse for changing the course of the American economy.

More than 33,500 people are out of work in West Virginia, according to numbers released by Workforce West Virginia last month. The national numbers are no more comforting: the U.S. lost about two million jobs in 2008. A strong engine is clearly needed to pull us out of this economic quagmire.

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Think: ; Basic Research Can Pull U.S. Out of Economic Quagmire

Broadly defined, that engine is innovation, and the new president knows it. In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama specifically called on universities to help "meet the demands of a...

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