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Chemistry World March 6, 2013 Jon Evans	Data challenges for UK chemists Academic chemists in the UK have a problem with data. That's the claim made by a report that says that both in terms of managing and sharing data produced by their own laboratories and accessing data produced by others, chemists are all at sea.
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Chemistry World June 9, 2009 Rebecca Trager	US speeds visa process for researchers The US government has implemented changes to its visa system that are expected to make it dramatically easier for foreign researchers and graduate students to enter the country to work or attend scientific conferences.
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