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White House’s dwindling science office leaves major research programmes in limbo

Pared-back staff struggles to continue cybersecurity, climate-change and science-education efforts without direction from the Trump administration.

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Reardon, S. White House’s dwindling science office leaves major research programmes in limbo. Nature 547, 145–146 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/547145a

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