Elizabeth Pasatembou and Dimitrie Cielecki discuss their experience of doing science policy engagement during their PhDs
Read article: Bridging the gap between scientists, policy makers and industry to build the quantum ecosystem
Robert P Crease talks to Richard Muller, author of Physics for Future Presidents
Read article: Richard Muller: ‘Physics stays the same. What changes is how the president listens’
The Trump administration’s policies are putting pressure on the country’s scientific agencies and staff members are beginning to take action
Read article: Tensions rise between US administration and science agencies
US president Trump sets out his budget request for 2026, which if passed, will see science hit like never before, as Peter Gwynne reports
Read article: US astronomy facing ‘extinction level’ event following Trump’s 2026 budget request
The Trump administration is ripping US science apart, warns Robert P Crease
Read article: ‘The Trump uncertainty principle’ is destroying the position and momentum of US science
A conference on the future of the UK space sector makes stunningly little mention of how proposed cuts to NASA funding might affect it
Read article: There’s an elephant in the room at the Royal Society – and for once, it’s not (just) Elon Musk
The cash will be used to establish a Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at five US institutions
Read article: Leinweber Foundation ploughs $90m into US theoretical physics
Robert P Crease discovers why the National Science Foundation killed his grant
Read article: Robert P Crease: ‘I’m yet another victim of the Trump administration’s incompetence’
Harvard University is suing the US government over its plan to block up to $9bn of government research grants to the institution
Read article: Harvard University sues Trump administration as attacks on US science deepen
Some 1900 members of the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have signed an open letter condemning the policies introduced by Donald Trump
Read article: Researchers claim Trump administration is conducting ‘a wholesale assault on science’
