Stimulus sized up: The administration of US President Barack Obama released its first analysis of the impact of the 2009 economic stimulus package on technological advances in science and health. The 24-August report, which focuses on the $100 billion spent on 'innovative and transformative programmes' within the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, highlights the results of investments in transportation technologies, renewable energy, broadband Internet and medical research. The largest chunk, around $30 billion, went towards alternative-energy enterprises such as wind and solar industries.
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