Read article: Improving soft skills crucial to keeping women in science, finds study
Early-career women in science who spend time developing their “soft skills” see a boost in their self-confidence and likelihood to stay in work
Read article: NIST selects four ‘post-quantum’ encryption standards
The US institute has selected four algorithms that will be developed to protect data from a future quantum computer attack
Read article: James Webb Space Telescope reveals its first spectacular images of the cosmos
First batch of pictures marks the start of scientific operations on the $10bn observatory
Read article: Particle physicists gather at CERN to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery
Special day-long symposium in the CERN auditorium looks back at the detection of the Higgs boson and to the future of particle physics
Read article: US philanthropic organizations spend over $30bn a year on science
Study finds that philanthropic funding in the US is now on a par with that of major government funding bodies
Read article: Applied physicist Arati Prabhakar becomes first female US science adviser
Prabhakar is also the first immigrant and person of colour to take up the role
Read article: South African robotic telescope to begin search for the afterglow of cosmic events
The BOOTES6 optical telescope will measure the brightness of transient sources when it starts up in mid-July
Read article: Women less likely to be included as authors on scientific papers, finds study
Effect seen at every stage of a woman’s career and may help to account for differences in the observed output of male and female scientists
Read article: White heterosexual men have systematic advantages in science, finds study
An analysis of survey data has found that white able-bodied heterosexual men are uniquely privileged and experience a wide range of advantages at work
Read article: Gaia releases most detailed maps of the Milky Way ever taken
Third data release from the European Space Agency's Gaia mission is one of the richest sets of published astronomical information
