Indeed, other work by Mr Azoulay and colleagues notes that although ARPA-E, an energy-focused outfit launched in 2009, is still in its relatively early days, it is yet to produce advances on a par with its defence-orientated predecessor.

事实上，阿祖雷和其同事们的其他研究指出，尽管2009年成立的专注于能源的美国能源部先进能源研究计划署（ARPA-E）仍处于相对早期的阶段，但它尚未取得与其重视国防的前身同等水平的进展。