michael http://www.contribune.org/articles/65 1 38 0 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:17:49 -0400 http://www.contribune.org/images/spacer.gif The Pentagon fears a severe shortage of scientists and engineers at government laboratories could erode the military's technological edge in developing weapons and other projects in coming years, spawning a hiring boom at military research laboratories and an expansion of scholarships, advertising campaigns, and other ways to recruit a new generation of researchers.