The raises are cost-of-living adjustments included in state law, though past legislatures have voted to freeze their own pay — a move that has drawn legal challenges.
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Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
As the Trump administration freezes and slashes billions of dollars in research funding, meddles with curricula, and threatens international students’ ability to study in the US, governments, universities and research institutions in Canada, Europe and Asia are racing to attract fleeing talent.
Gizmodo reports that some whimsical scientists have supercooled their Lego bricks in order to test for heat tolerance.
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Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
26 Dec. 2019
Any potential solution, like one proposed in 2018 that uses cesium gas, must combine extremely high-level knowledge of multiple disciplines and cutting-edge tools like supercooling and antimatter beams.
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Caroline Delbert,
Popular Mechanics,
9 Dec. 2019
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