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澳大利亚科学披术委员会(ASTEC)上周发布了一份报告,认为澳大利亚应当削减其从事基础研究的科学家的人数。报告还说,按目前的基金水平,不足以很好支持从事此项研究的科研人员。而其结果就是,“澳大利亚的基础研究水平出现滑坡现象,失却了在国际上应有的竞争力。”ASTEC 说对于削减后仍被选定从事基础研究的科学家,国家应提供予更好的设备及器材。但 ASTEC 补充说,对于从事基础研究的科研人员在数量上不加限制,任其增长是“不切合实际的”。
The Australian Science Sclerosis Committee (ASTEC) released a report last week that Australia should cut the number of scientists working on basic research. The report also said that at the current level of funds, not enough to well support the researchers engaged in the study. And as a result, “Australia's landslide at the level of basic research has lost the international competitiveness it deserves.” ASTEC said that scientists should be provided with better equipment for the still-selected scientists engaged in basic research And equipment. However, ASTEC added that there is no quantitative restriction on the number of scientific researchers engaged in basic research, and that their growth is “impractical.”