Staff including nuclear scientists and engineers are planning to walk out of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Berkshire on Wednesday.

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Staff including nuclear scientists and engineers had been planning to walk out of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in Berkshire on Wednesday.

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Tight budgets forced more than 2, 000 employees of Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore from their jobs between 2006 and 2008, including highly-skilled scientists and engineers.

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Google also thought big by recruiting world-class scientists and engineers, including Sebastian Thrun, Chris Urmson and Astro Teller.

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In addition, NSF provides funds to help Cornell produce new generations of scientists and engineers, including programs in which university faculty share facilities and expertise with New York State high school teachers.

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And some outranked the U.S not only in those categories but also in some areas that would seem to be American strong suits, including venture capital availability, where the U.S. placed seventh and availability of scientists and engineers, where the U.S. ranked fifth.

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