Pfizer Inc. warns against rushing the vaccine. While on the campaign trail, President Trump has suggested a finished vaccine could be available before November’s Election Day. Multiple medicine…
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President Updates Marine Scientific Research Requirements
Revised measure requiring consent for foreign research seeks to ensure U.S. environmental protections and coastal security. President Donald Trump issued a revision last week to a previous presidential…
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State Department has Revoked 1,000 Student Visas
Chinese nationals with ties to the People’s Liberation Army expelled from U.S. The State Department announced that over 1,000 student visas have been revoked since June for Chinese nationals…
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Administration to Invest $1Billion in Artificial Intelligence
Technological advancement funds include quantum computing. “Today, the Trump Administration is making an unprecedented investment to strengthen American leadership in AI [artificial intelligence] and quantum, and to ensure…
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Herd Immunity May Be Closer Than Predicted
Researchers in Europe evaluate encouraging data on COVID-19. International researchers and mathematicians are considering the rates of transmission and levels of social activity in recently released studies. Their…
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Bill Would Curb Foreign Influence, Espionage on Campuses
Bipartisan legislation would protect research and innovation. There is a growing push in Washington, D.C. to prevent spying and intellectual property theft at U.S. universities and colleges. A…
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National Health Institute Lays Off 54 Researchers
Let go for having financial ties to foreign governments. Fifty-four research scientists at the National Institutes of Health have been released from the taxpayer-funded agency. In August 2018,…
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NIH Expands COVID-19 Research
Looking at why underrepresented communities are so vulnerable. The National Institutes of Health is expanding antibody testing, surveying personal impacts, and collecting electronic health data from underrepresented communities…
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Human Vaccine Trials Begin Next Month
Final stage of testing for some laboratories in the U.S. The federal government plans to fund and conduct the decisive studies of three experimental coronavirus vaccines starting in…
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Endless Frontier Act Seeks to Compete with China
Funds focus on U.S. scientific research, education, and technology. Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in Congress to increase U.S. innovation in the high-tech industry. The Endless Frontier Act…
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