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Re:Scientists at top US nuclear lab poached by China by BMc2020 on Thursday September 14, 2023 @06:46AM (#37507258)
More than 160 Chinese scientists who worked at Los Alamos returned home, including one given grants worth $20 million by the US for research

Headline makes it sound like it wasn't Chineses scientists going home.

Interesting article, but basically a 2019-2020 story.

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Re:Scientists at top US nuclear lab poached by China by rbanffy on Thursday September 14, 2023 @07:04AM (#37507385)
A couple alternatives come to mind on this:

1- don't hire the best talent if they come from a country perceived as hostile

2- make a better offer from them to stay in the US

3- make them actually want to remain in the US despite the better financial and personal rewards of going back home

Option 1 is clearly difficult to shape into something palatable (or legal), 2 seems doable with adequate funding (and other scientists would welcome a pay raise for themselves as well). Option 3 would be tricky - the US has some attractives, but has a lot of drawbacks for anyone who hasn't grown up there.

Maybe a combo of 2 and 3 could work best.

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