Read article: China targets overseas talent, Peer Review Week 2018 and ‘Rydberg radio’
Physics World journalists discuss key stories from our new special report on China
Read article: UK’s access to European funding under threat from ‘third-country’ status
The European Commission has called for €100bn to be spent on its next seven-year funding programme dubbed Horizon Europe
Read article: The peril of proposals
Dalmeet Singh Chawla investigates the complex and crucial grant-funding process, to see if it is time to revamp how academics apply for funding
Read article: US politicians call for a national quantum-computing strategy
Two new bills will be considered by Congress
Read article: Developing clinical partnerships
Translating scientific advances into benefits for patients requires input from clinicians, basic scientists and industry experts, writes Steve Smye
Read article: Physicists decry call for US visa restrictions on Chinese researchers
Government motivated by fears that Chinese researchers may be involved in espionage activities
Read article: Green light for new SuperCDMS dark-matter detector
Underground experiment should switch on in the early 2020s
Read article: New NASA boss Jim Bridenstine garners praise and disapproval
Politician and former navy pilot lacks experience managing space missions, say critics
The stimulation of private sector investment, local economic development and employment are now the key focus in Africa
Read article: US science set for record spending boost
Energy and space set for major increases in final 2018 budget
