National Labor Relations Board aims to reverse a 2016 decision that allowed paid graduate students to unionize
Read article: US seeks to bar graduate students at private universities who get paid for work from unionizing
Ten Nobel-prize-winning physicists join thousands signing a letter that calls for a dedicated European commissioner for education and research to be reinstated
Read article: Nobel laureates join call for European Commission to reinstate top science post
The American government’s efforts to strengthen national and economic security is a threat to scientific research, say 60 societies
Read article: US scientific societies warn security policies pose a danger to science
PhD student Boris Ivetić was arrested after confronting Croatia’s science minister about alleged corruption at the University of Zagreb’s natural sciences faculty
Read article: Jailed physicist released following Croatian corruption protest
Workers who cleaned supercomputers at the lab using fluids containing trichloroethylene claim it is has severely damaged their health
Read article: Technicians sue Brookhaven National Laboratory over carcinogenic cleanser use
Fernando Fabián Rosales-Ortega explains how budget cuts in Mexico are impacting science
Read article: The personal impact of Mexico’s budget crisis
We discuss developments in real-world quantum teleportation, how government policies can affect start-ups and the take-up of alternative technologies to coal
Read article: Quantum teleportation, FLASH radiotherapy and the end of electricity from coal
Study shows that foreign PhDs are 56% less likely than their US counterparts to accept jobs at start-ups
Read article: Visa policies may restrict access to talent for US tech start-ups
Report finds a 26% decrease in the use of words associated with climate change
Read article: US government websites cull references to climate change
View on demand: a webinar sponsored by Getson and Schatz
Read article: USA Green Cards for Scientific Researchers: How to Win Your EB-1A/NIW Case
