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Dear Colleagues, Dr. Ray Orbach, former Under Secretary for Science at the Department of Energy, has published an editorial in Science magazine decrying the cuts to basic research which were included in the continuing budget legislation (H.R. 1) recently passed by the House of Representatives. He concludes: "The budget deficit is serious. But escaping from its clutches requires economic growth as well as budget reductions. Well over half of U.S. economic growth in the past century can be traced to investments in science and technology. To compete in the global economy, the United States must remain a leader in science and technology. For that to happen, the Senate must restore funding for science in the FY 2011 budget. Failure to do so would relegate the United States to second-class status in the scientific community and threaten economic growth and prosperity for future generations of Americans." The full editorial can be found online at: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2011/02/23/science.1204760.full.pdf?sid=c0ef3dcf-1c08-48f4-9440-9f7e1882cd58 Sincerely, Norman Graf