Science: The National Science Foundation (NSF) should test the waters before plunging into a costly program to award prizes to encourage innovation. That's the verdict of an expert panel of the National Academies' National Research Council, which has cautiously endorsed an idea Congress had ordered NSF to consider. Ironically, legislators may have lost interest.
Report Backs NSF Prize to Spur Innovation
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