Policy and funding News Institute of Physics announces ‘impact projects’ for 2024 The green economy, space technologies and opportunities in venture capital investment have been choosen Read article: Institute of Physics announces ‘impact projects’ for 2024
Policy and funding Interview 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: Ask me anything: Anne Pawsey – ‘I really enjoy working with a huge community of physicists’
Policy and funding Podcasts 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: Looking to the future of US particle physics: P5 member Abigail Vieregg is our guest
Policy and funding News 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: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off more than 500 employees
Policy and funding News 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: Ukraine invasion forced a fifth of scientists to flee the country in 2022, study finds
Nuclear power Podcasts 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: Paul Howarth: how we can get politicians to engage with nuclear power
Nuclear fusion News 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: US announces international plan to boost commercial fusion energy
Projects and facilities News 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: Ireland set to join the CERN particle-physics lab
Environment and energy News ‘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: ‘Now is the time for action’ to reach net-zero climate targets, demands IOP report
Culture, history and society Opinion and reviews 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: What the movie Oppenheimer can teach today’s politicians about scientific advice
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