This Week Archive

A chain of tropical cyclones imaged in 2019 by a geostationary weather satellite.

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NSF Seeks ‘Systems Approach’ to Earth Science
Arecibo Telescope Damaged
White House Updates R&D Priorities

WEEK OF AUG 17, 2020

The underground tramway connecting the Senate office buildings to the Capitol

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Pandemic Relief Talks Stalled
Deputy Energy Secretary Confirmed
Democrats Propose Clean Energy R&D Ramp Up

WEEK OF AUG 10, 2020

View of the U.S. Capitol building through trees.

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Science Proposals Vie for Inclusion in COVID Relief
Panel Urges Research Reactor Refit
Questions Remain on NSF Fellowship Priorities

WEEK OF AUG 03, 2020

The rocket nosecone containing the Mars Perseverance rover at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on July 7.

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Mars Rover on Launchpad
DOE and NSF Advance Quantum Plans
Research Reactor Report Ready

WEEK OF JUL 27, 2020

House Armed Services Committee Chair Adam Smith (D-WA) wearing a mask at a hearing last week.

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Fauci Under Fire
ICE Rescinds Student Removal Policy
Defense and Spending Bills Advancing

WEEK OF JUL 20, 2020

Building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Judge to Rule on ICE Student Removal Policy
House Appropriators Propose Billions in One-Time R&D Funds
Kratsios to Take Helm of Defense R&D

WEEK OF JUL 13, 2020

Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), second from left, speaks at a hearing of the House Energy-Water Appropriations Subcommittee, which drafts legislation that funds the Department of Energy and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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Science Spending Bills Debut in House
Hurricane Dorian Investigation Faces Interference
PCAST Proposes Array of R&D Institutes

WEEK OF JUL 06, 2020

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Director Michael Witherell, left, leads PCAST members and staff on a tour of the lab in January. A.N. Sreeram, second from right, is the chair of the council’s Subcommittee on New Models of Engagement for Federal and Nationa

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PCAST Presenting Recommendations
Top Two Pentagon R&D Officials Resign
H-1B Visa Suspension Blasted

WEEK OF JUN 29, 2020

Sethuraman Panchanathan at a meeting of the National Science Board.

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Megacollider Gains Momentum
NSF Director Confirmed
Sweeping Research Security Bill Introduced

WEEK OF JUN 22, 2020

U.S. and Russian delegations met at the United Nations in 2010 during negotiations leading up to ratification of the New START Treaty, which entered into force in February 2011.

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Nuclear Negotiations Heat Up
Scientists Strike for Black Lives
Lawmakers Look to Supercharge Semiconductor R&D

WEEK OF JUN 15, 2020

Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Ranking Member Jack Reed (D-RI).

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Scientific Societies Condemn Racial Injustice
Congress Turns to Defense and Spending Bills
'Urgent Redesign' Sought for National Nanotech Initiative

WEEK OF JUN 08, 2020

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels, a former governor of Indiana and director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, is testifying this week on the case for reopening campuses this fall.

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Trump Restricts Entry of Chinese Students, Researchers
New Bill Would Bar Chinese Nationals from US-Funded Science
University Presidents to Testify on Campus Reopening

WEEK OF JUN 01, 2020