Read article: US president Joe Biden sets out his science agenda
US president Joe Biden sets out his science agenda
Biden has appointed the geneticist Eric Lander as his science adviser and elevated the position to the cabinet
Read article: US president Joe Biden sets out his science agenda
Read article: Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate Martinus Veltman dies aged 89
Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate Martinus Veltman dies aged 89
The work of Martinus Veltman was instrumental in understanding the weak interaction in particle physics
Read article: Silicon-based material with a direct band gap is the Physics World 2020 Breakthrough of the Year
Silicon-based material with a direct band gap is the Physics World 2020 Breakthrough of the Year
Award goes to an international team led by Erik Bakkers
Read article: Physics societies call for sustainable approach to open access
Physics societies call for sustainable approach to open access
Some 16 societies, including the Institute of Physics, say that quick implementation of the cOAlition S initiative could undermine the viability of hybrid journals
Read article: Physics World announces its Breakthrough of the Year finalists for 2020
Physics World announces its Breakthrough of the Year finalists for 2020
The first room-temperature superconductor, mixed beams for particle therapy and massive quantum correlations are on our list
Read article: China launches GECAM all-sky scanner to study extreme cosmic events
China launches GECAM all-sky scanner to study extreme cosmic events
The Gravitational Wave high-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor mission will study fast-radio bursts and gamma-ray bursts related to gravitational-wave events
Read article: Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission returns asteroid sample to Earth
Japan’s Hayabusa 2 mission returns asteroid sample to Earth
16 kg capsule landed in Australia’s remote outback and it will now be studied in Japan
Read article: Arecibo Observatory destroyed as metal platform collapses onto the iconic telescope
Arecibo Observatory destroyed as metal platform collapses onto the iconic telescope
Recent cable failures cause 900 tonne suspended metal platform to fall onto the 305 m-wide telescope
Read article: China launches sample-return mission to the Moon
China launches sample-return mission to the Moon
Chang’e-5 will attempt to bring back 2 kg of lunar material to study the evolution history of our closest neighbour
Read article: Arecibo Observatory will be decommissioned, says US National Science Foundation
Arecibo Observatory will be decommissioned, says US National Science Foundation
Astronomers and the public lament the loss of an iconic radio telescope
