After failing to reproduce last year’s record-breaking fusion-energy shot, scientists at the US National Ignition Facility have gone back to the drawing board
Read article: National Ignition Facility’s laser-fusion milestone ignites debate
The US government has called for all government-funded research to be made freely available to read immediately after publication.
Read article: US government calls time on open-access embargoes
The UK’s first quantum computing hackathon challenged teams of students and early-career scientists to devise novel quantum solutions to real-life problems
Read article: Quantum hackers tackle real-world problems
The Facility of Rare Isotope Beams at Michigan State University exploits transistor-based power amplifiers to generate intense beams
Read article: Solid-state amplifiers power up rare-isotope facility
The THALES 3D SCANNER from LAP has been specifically designed for acceptance, commissioning, and quality assurance of bore-type image-guided linacs
Read article: Optimized water phantom brings streamlined commissioning to ring-shaped radiotherapy systems
Martijn Boerkamp reports how investments into quantum computing have ballooned in the past year, bringing huge expectations for the sector
Read article: Quantum computing gets down to business
With the UK still wrangling over joining the €95bn Horizon Europe programme, researchers warn that the impasse is accelerating brain drain, as Michael Allen finds out
Read article: Delay joining the €95bn Horizon Europe programme puts UK science in limbo
Russia’s apparent willingness to pull out of the International Space Station is throwing up questions about the future of astronauts in low-Earth orbit, as Peter Gwynne discovers
Read article: Future of the International Space Station unclear as Russia announces intention to leave
Scientists in China are scrambling to support the government’s plan to reach “net zero” carbon emissions by 2060, as Ling Xin discovers
Read article: China sets out its climate ambitions
Astronomers at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory are using test kit from Rydberg Vacuum Sciences to fast-track the development and qualification of a new generation of small-satellite ...
Read article: Thermal vacuum testing helps small-satellite research telescopes look to the stars
