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The prominent US chemist Charles Lieber, who was convicted of hiding his research ties to China from US federal agents, has joined the faculty of a Chinese university. Academia, meanwhile, continues to view the FBI charges against him as nutty and racist. Academia is right. go.nature.com/3St7V9D

May 9, 2025, 2:05 PM

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