Read article: China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak smashes fusion confinement record
The device sustained a high-confinement plasma for over 1000 seconds
Read article: World’s darkest skies threatened by industrial megaproject in Chile, astronomers warn
AES Andes is aiming to develop a green hydrogen project in Chile’s Atacama Desert
Read article: UK launches first-ever industrial materials strategy
About 52 000 people in the UK are thought to work or contribute to the materials industry
Read article: Trump nominates AI experts for key science positions
The appointments of Michael Kratsios and Lynne Parker have been broadly welcomed by the scientific community
Read article: Fermilab seeks new boss after Lia Merminga resigns as director
Lia Merminga has resigned as Fermilab director after a turbulent few years at the lab
Read article: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives its first close-up solar encounter
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will perform 24 orbits around the Sun with the next close solar passes occurring on 22 March and 19 June
Read article: Two advances in quantum error correction share the Physics World 2024 Breakthrough of the Year
Complementary research brings practical quantum computing closer
Read article: Africa targets 2035 start date for synchrotron construction
The African Light Source Foundation’s conceptual design report hopes to encourage African leaders to support the project
Read article: Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year in physics for 2024 revealed
Work on entangled imaging, recoiling nuclei and transparent mice are on our shortlist
Read article: US ploughs $50m into sodium-ion battery development
Sodium-ion batteries offer a sustainable, low-cost alternative to lithium-ion technology
