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China intensifies push to become world leader in tech and AI
China is pledging to use ‘extraordinary measures’ to support the country's bid to become a global leader in artificial intelligence, quantum technology and other cutting-edge technological fields, according to its 15th five-year plan
3/13/26
Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab (New York Times
The Trump administration is reviewing proposals to break up one of the world’s leading climate and weather laboratories, transfer its work to universities and private companies, take away its aircraft, and sell its property in Boulder, Colo…Proposals are due on Friday to the National Science Foundation from institutions that want to take over management of the center’s research portfolio and various facilities; comments from the public about the center’s future are also due then.
3/12/26C&EN
University of California backs plan for $23 billion research bond
The University of California (UC) system announced March 5 that it’s sponsoring a bipartisan state senate bill that proposes a $23 billion bond to fund research across California, which would be the largest state-level investment in scientific research in US history
3/12/26Chemistry World
Texas and Florida’s suspension of new H-1B visas will hit science hard at public universities
Public universities in Florida and Texas have been temporarily banned from hiring new international faculty and staff members on H-1B non-immigrant visas. There is concern that this could harm research at higher education institutions in these states and that these bans could be replicated across the country.