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China Syndrome
A U.S. national security crackdown puts universities and faculty on notice about risks in global research collaborations.
By Beryl Lieff Benderly
It could have been a scene from an over-the-top spy movie. But in February, when federal agents arrested one of America’s most prominent and prestigious academic scientists, it became shocking reality. Charles M. Lieber, chair of Harvard University’s chemistry department and a nanotechnology pioneer named the top U.S. chemist by Thomson Reuters in 2...
Double Jeopardy
Hostile federal policies and a global pandemic have hammered international student enrollment. Biden administration changes could offer relief, but the long-term effects remain unclear.
By Beryl Lieff Benderly
When University of Pittsburgh postdoc Sergio E. Ramos—a Mexican citizen with a Ph.D. from the University of Zurich—flew to Switzerland in March 2020, he planned on an enjoyable week visiting friends and collaborators. What he got instead was three months trapped far from his lab. His tr...
University Lab Safety and Oversight: Far Too Lax for Far Too Long
University Lab Safety and Oversight: Far Too Lax fo...
Taken for Granted Index | Science Careers
Taken for Granted Index | Science Careers
Medical Research Needs a Collaborative Funding Model ...
Medical Research Needs a Collaborative Funding Mode...
What Scientist Shortage? : Columbia Journalism Review
What Scientist Shortage? : Columbia Journalism Revi...
Circumcision: The Surgical AIDS Vaccine - Pacific Standard
Circumcision: The Surgical AIDS Vaccine - Pacific S...
It doesn't add up : Columbia Journalism Review
It doesn't add up : Columbia Journalism Review
Placebo Effect Stronger Than We Thought? - Pacific Standard: The ...
Placebo Effect Stronger Than We Thought? - Pacific ...
Danger in School Labs: Accidents Haunt Experimental Science ...
Danger in School Labs: Accidents Haunt Experimental...
Experimental Drugs on Trial - Scientific American
Experimental Drugs on Trial - Scientific American