Read article: Ask me anything: Anne Pawsey – ‘I really enjoy working with a huge community of physicists’
Anne Pawsey is secretary general of the European Physical Society in Mulhouse, France
Read article: Looking to the future of US particle physics: P5 member Abigail Vieregg is our guest
Future colliders, neutrinos and dark matter are key targets
Read article: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off more than 500 employees
“Challenging” cuts due to issues with space agency’s flagship Mars Sample Return mission
Read article: Ukraine invasion forced a fifth of scientists to flee the country in 2022, study finds
The impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has also hit those researchers that stayed in the country
Read article: Paul Howarth: how we can get politicians to engage with nuclear power
The CEO of UK’s National Nuclear Laboratory is our podcast guest
Read article: US announces international plan to boost commercial fusion energy
US climate envoy John Kerry announced the move this week at the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28
Read article: Ireland set to join the CERN particle-physics lab
The application will be considered at CERN’s next council session in mid-December
Read article: ‘Now is the time for action’ to reach net-zero climate targets, demands IOP report
Most physicists believe that on current trends the UK will fail to hit its climate goals
Read article: What the movie Oppenheimer can teach today’s politicians about scientific advice
Robert P Crease says we still have much to learn from the 1954 hearing in which Oppenheimer was stripped of his security clearance
Read article: New director looks to the future of the UK’s national labs
Our podcast guest is Dave Newbold of the Science and Technology Facilities Council
