Harvard Professor's Arrest Raises Questions About Scientific Openness

Published: Feb. 19, 2020, 9 a.m.

b'Harvard chemist Charles Lieber was arrested in January on charges he lied about funding he received from China. Some say the case points to larger issues around scientific collaboration in an era of geopolitical rivalry, as well as the racial profiling of scientists.

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