Policy and funding News ‘A new day’ for US science as Democrats sweep mid-term elections Scientists have broadly welcomed Tuesday’s “blue tsunami” in the US mid-term elections Read article: ‘A new day’ for US science as Democrats sweep mid-term elections
Careers Interview Ask me anything: Tania Kendrick – ‘There’s something really satisfying when everything starts to click’ Tania Kendrick is a civil servant in the UK’s Cabinet Office Read article: Ask me anything: Tania Kendrick – ‘There’s something really satisfying when everything starts to click’
Telescopes and space missions Podcasts With e-MERLIN facing the axe, what next for Jodrell Bank and UK astronomy? Exploring the fallout from STFC funding cuts that have left one of the UK’s most iconic scientific facilities facing an uncertain future Read article: With e-MERLIN facing the axe, what next for Jodrell Bank and UK astronomy?
Policy and funding News US orders universities to audit foreign research ties Move by the US Department of Defense affects 30 research universities Read article: US orders universities to audit foreign research ties
Policy and funding News Critics deride US administration’s ‘golden age of science’ report The document comes as the administration looks to cut the science budget for 2027 Read article: Critics deride US administration’s ‘golden age of science’ report
Policy and funding News Future of UK physics threatened by ‘ruinous’ funding cuts, says Institute of Physics The cuts at UK Research and Innovation have resulted in the cancellation of several significant international projects Read article: Future of UK physics threatened by ‘ruinous’ funding cuts, says Institute of Physics
People Blog Letter from Argentina: ‘an empty desk and an idle electron microscope signal the erosion of the country’s science’ Faramarz S Gard laments the decline of Argentine science Read article: Letter from Argentina: ‘an empty desk and an idle electron microscope signal the erosion of the country’s science’
Policy and funding News National Science Foundation’s X-Labs initiative draws fire as ‘terrible idea’ Criticism comes from former presidential science adviser and NSF director Neal Lane Read article: National Science Foundation’s X-Labs initiative draws fire as ‘terrible idea’
Policy and funding Podcasts Inside EPSRC: Charlotte Deane on funding the future of UK physics The executive chair of the UK funding agency is our podcast guest Read article: Inside EPSRC: Charlotte Deane on funding the future of UK physics
Policy and funding News Nottingham physics redundancies ‘an act of academic sabotage’, warn scientists University plans to cut almost 30% staff in the physics department Read article: Nottingham physics redundancies ‘an act of academic sabotage’, warn scientists
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