Quoted: Before Mr. Obama signed the stimulus measure in February, much energy research relied on companies, and the money was scarce, says Glenn R. Bower, a faculty associate who directs automotive research at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “Companies more and more don’t really want to fund things that are superfundamental, because 19 out of 20 times they don’t produce anything” with a competitive edge, Mr. Bower says.
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