有些人怀疑这些与国防有关的研究项目能否提高我们的生活水平，或者对保护我们日益减少的资源能否起到很大的作用。

There are those who consider it questionable that these defense-linked research projects will either improve our standard of living or do much to protect our diminishing resources.

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创始人特意将项目的重点围绕在光上——这也是其名称中“视觉研究”的由来。

The founders deliberately focused their projects around light—hence the 'visual studies' in the name.

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伊朗人(拿出证明文件)表示，这只是项目领导人个人自发进行的基础科学研究。

This, say the Iranians (with supporting documents) was just basic science carried out at the personal initiative of the project leader.

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