Iranian physicist locked out of laboratory by energy department

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The Shahram Rahatlou, an Iranian high physicist based at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), whose research involves using the BaBar particle detector at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) is being prohibited from entering the grounds of the SLAC. His prohibition was because he had not violated any immigration laws, and that his works on BaBar has no bearing on either national security or weapons of mass destruction.

United States, Science & research, Research, United States. Department of Energy, Rahatlou, Sharam

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Russian scientists face long fight for justice

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The author reports the case of the Russian physicist who has been arrested for allegedly supplying a classified satellite-technology device to China. The human-rights campaigners in Russia claim that it has become fashionable to arrest scientists because they collaborate with foreign academic organizations and companies.

China, Competition (Economics), Investigations, Political aspects, Business intelligence, Competitive intelligence, Technology and state, Technology policy

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Guilty, but no jail sentence for Russian scientist

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Russian physicist Oskar Kaibyshev, the director of the Institute for Metals Superplasticity Problems in Ufa, was given a six-year suspended prison sentence for exporting technologies with possible military use to South Korea. He was also fined about $130,000 and banned from resuming his directorship for three years.

Technology transfer, Transborder data flow, Kaibyshev, Oskar

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