In 2009, Steven Koonin, the Under Secretary for Science, summarized this sentiment concisely while speaking at the Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus, OH.
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In 2008, FORBES named it the No. 1 pick for up-and-coming tech cities, largely due to the Battelle Memorial Institute, a research center that supports multiple federal agencies including the Department of Energy.
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