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Scientists push back against US attacks on science at physics summit

At the largest gathering of physicists in the world, the American Physical Society says it won’t back down in the face of executive orders to limit diversity programmes

By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

20 March 2025

The American Physical Society held its Global Physics Summit in California

Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

This week, 14,000 scientists from across the globe are gathering in California for their largest annual conference, the American Physical Society (APS) Global Summit. Despite widespread firings at US scientific funding agencies and proposed cuts to the federal science budget, they are pushing back on efforts to limit the science being done in the US – and the people who can do it.

“Our work is based on our values and our values have…

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