Catherine Foley is a solid-state physicist who is currently the chief scientist of Australia
Read article: Ask me anything: Cathy Foley – ‘I have lots of balls in the air on multiple projects’
The UK will also join the EU’s Copernicus Earth-observation programme but not its Euratom fusion initiative
Read article: Delight as UK strikes deal to join the EU’s flagship Horizon Europe funding programme
This podcast features Celia Merzbacher of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium
Read article: Quantum science and technology thrives when industry and governments join forces
A reported draft deal between the UK and the EU failed to materialize this week
Read article: UK scientists dismayed over lack of progress on Horizon Europe membership
The so-called China Initiative has led to many Chinese scientists to consider leaving the US
Read article: Survey finds a third of Chinese scientists in the US feel unwelcome in the country
The 37-page document from the US Department of State calls for the creation of a “rules-based international order” for outer space
Read article: US releases its first strategic framework for space diplomacy
Visitors and even Fermilab employees have found themselves restricted to specific buildings
Read article: Fermilab faces protest over visitor restrictions
Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell won a $3m prize and is giving it all to physics PhD students from under-represented groups
Read article: Cosmic generosity: a selfless investment in the future of physics
Helen Gleeson on nurturing and supporting talented students from non-traditional backgrounds to overcome obstacles in academia
Read article: Breaking barriers and opening up physics – the growing impact of the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund
Pioneer would receive the £14.6bn that the UK would have paid to join Horizon Europe from 2021 to 2027
Read article: UK unveils ‘plan B’ if negotiations to join Horizon Europe fail
