Ban on Papers Lifted

doi:10.1126/science.309.5741.1661c

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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) last week permanently ended a ban on papers submitted to its journals and conferences by authors living in countries under a U.S. embargo. (The countries are Iran, Cuba, North Korea, and Sudan.) The decision, passed by a unanimous vote at the society's board meeting in Long Beach, California, reverses a policy that was instituted in May to "avoid assisting a nation such as North Korea in its efforts to develop nuclear weapons and the capability to deliver them" (Science, 17 June, p. 1722). After protests from Iranian scientists, AIAA suspended the policy in June.