The Department of Commerce has approved applications for duty-free entry of several scientific instruments from foreign manufacturers, as no equivalent instruments are made in the United States. The approved instruments, which will be used in research projects at institutions like MIT, Harvard, the University of Michigan, the University of Chicago, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, include lasers and a wave generator system. These tools are intended for advanced scientific experiments, such as quantum physics research, molecular studies, and engineering studies of ship motions in water waves. The decision was made with no public objections.
Simple Explanation
The Department of Commerce is letting colleges, like MIT and Harvard, get special science tools from other countries for free because they can't find these tools in the U.S. These tools will help them explore cool science stuff, like studying tiny particles and how waves work.