Access

News

Nature 441, 679 (8 June 2006) | doi:10.1038/441679a; Published online 7 June 2006

Open Innovation Challenges

naturejobs

US scraps plan to license foreign scientists

Geoff Brumfiel

Top

Researchers from abroad will not face extra restrictions.

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.