Prabhakar is also the first immigrant and person of colour to take up the role
Read article: Applied physicist Arati Prabhakar becomes first female US science adviser
The cash will be used to create hundreds of photonic start-up companies and scale up photonic-chip production
Read article: Netherlands invests €1.1bn in the photonic-chip industry
Online meeting includes talks by world-leading physicists including three Nobel-prize winners
Read article: Arab Physical Society hosts inaugural event to celebrate founding
Russia is facing increasing international isolation following its invasion of Ukraine
Read article: Ukraine crisis: updates on the response from the physics and astronomy community
The US’s China Initiative has been expanded to focus not only on individual scientists with links to China but also on other foreign governments
Read article: US Department of Justice reframes controversial China Initiative
More than 650 Russian scientists sign an open letter calling the war with Ukraine “unfair and senseless”
Read article: Russian scientists condemn Ukraine invasion as international projects and meetings thrown into doubt
Francis Collins becomes the interim US science adviser while Alondra Nelson will head the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Read article: Eric Lander resignation leads to controversial split of US presidential science adviser role
This podcast looks at glass in physics and how to create a research dream team
Read article: Achieving success in research collaborations, celebrating the UN International Year of Glass
Productivity of scientists working in a field that has recently won an award increases rapidly over the following decade
Read article: Scientific fields that are awarded prizes see subsequent research boon, finds study
National Space Strategy aims to support space industry and build collaborations with other countries
Read article: UK government sets out plan to ‘unleash’ nation’s space sector
