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Trump Jeopardising US Role As Scientific Leader: Nobel Officials

Hans Ellegren, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, said the United States position as a scientific leader was under threat (Credit: AFP)

Donald Trump's assault on science could threaten the United States' position as the world's leading research nation and have knock-on effects worldwide, Nobel Prize officials in Sweden told AFP.

Since taking office in January, the US president has cut billions of dollars in funding, attacked universities' academic freedoms and overseen mass layoffs of scientists across federal agencies.

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