France opens new research facility – and closes two
France's newest nuclear physics facility - the SPIRAL facility for radioactive nuclear beams in Caen - has accelerated its first beams
ESA plans worry staff
A report claims that the European Space Agency is considering joint programmes with the military in space
Science budget fails to match inflation in the UK
The UK science budget for 1998-99 was announced by John Battle, the science, industry and energy minister, last week
Physicist shares Japan Prize
Leo Esaki, the physicist who is president of the University of Tsukuba, is one of the joint winners of this year's Japan Prize
Sensenbrenner criticises Shuttle-Mir missions
The chairman of the US House Science Committee, James Sensenbrenner, has criticised the Shuttle-Mir space missions as "an especially bad example of an international agreement"
Read article: 1998 NAS awards
1998 NAS awards
The National Academy of Sciences has honoured several physicists and astronomers for outstanding contributions to science
NASA heads back to the Moon
This week Lunar Prospector was successfully launched towards the Moon. It is NASA's first lunar mission in over 25 years
Russian brain drain
Scientists in the Russian Federation are finding it increasingly hard to survive. Poor pay, outdated equipment and job insecurity have started large-scale emigration from the republics
Aharonov and Berry share Wolf Prize
The 1998 Wolf Prize has been awarded to Yakir Aharonov and Sir Michael Berry
China and Russia sign nuclear deal
China and Russia last week signed an $3 billion agreement to build a nuclear power plant in eastern China
