With one phrase in his inaugural address, US President Barack Obama raised hopes for a significant increase in federal science funding. Obama pledged "to restore science to its rightful place". This phrase could have been a rebuke to former president George W. Bush, for his stance against embryonic stem-cell research and reluctance to act on global warming. But Obama's words could also be heard as a promise to counteract several years of relatively flat funding for agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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机译：美国总统巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）在就职演说中只用了一句话，就寄希望于大幅增加联邦科学经费。奥巴马承诺“将科学恢复到应有的地位”。这句话可能是对前总统乔治·W·布什（George W. Bush）的谴责，因为他反对胚胎干细胞研究的立场以及不愿对全球变暖采取行动。但是，奥巴马的话也可以被看作是对国家医疗机构（NIH）和美国国家科学基金会（NSF）等机构数年相对固定供资的承诺。
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