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Nature 441, 679 (8 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441679a; Published online 7 June 2006
US scraps plan to license foreign scientists
Geoff Brumfiel
Scientists in the United States have won a reprieve from a proposed security regulation that would have restricted some foreign researchers' access to laboratories.On 31 May, the US Department of Commerce announced that it was withdrawing a proposed rule change that would have required scientists and students from "countries of concern" — including Pakistan, India, Russia and China — to be licensed before using certain pieces of laboratory equipment.
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