Summary
Trump plans to eliminate NIST’s Atomic Spectroscopy Group, which maintains crucial atomic measurement data used globally in fields like nuclear fusion and astronomy.
The Atomic Spectra Database, relied on by scientists and engineers, may be at risk, sparking backlash from researchers and lawmakers.
Critics warn that cutting the group will harm scientific progress and U.S. leadership in technology.
Representative Zoe Lofgren condemned the move as uninformed and potentially harmful to national security. A petition to save the group has gathered over 1,700 signatures.
The proof that the US is being dismantled could not be clearer. There is no other explanation for the fact that science is being actively targeted to this extent.
Are we great again, yet?
So much winning by the US atm.
My favorite part is sitting in traffic like we are not mid-collapse.
When does it end?! These reference values are super important especially in medicine! This stuff is just unhinged, dangerous and stupid
This feels just like what companies do right before selling to the highest bidder.
Liquidating the country. This is reminding me of the leveraged buyouts that were all the rage for a min
