Read article: Petition calls on UK to save JET fusion experiment from closure
Over 750 people have signed a petition against the planned closure of 'unique' facility
Read article: NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission slammed by independent review panel
Independent Review Board finds 2028 launch date “impossible” to meet
Read article: Astrophysicist James Binney bags 2023 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
Binney’s research has focused on the structure, dynamics and formation of galaxies
Read article: NASA launches $1.2bn Psyche asteroid mission
Craft will study an unusual metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
Read article: Physicist Narges Mohammadi awarded Nobel Peace Prize for human-rights work
Mohammadi bagged the award “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all"
Read article: Quantum dot pioneers win Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov share the 2023 prize
Read article: Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier win 2023 Nobel Prize for Physics
Trio wins for work in attosecond science
Read article: Royal Society launches fellowships to support Black scientists
Pilot programme aims to address under-representation through funding and mentoring support
Read article: Percentage of disabled physicists in the UK has halved in one year, finds survey
The percentage of people with a disability is also lower in physics than it is in the chemical and biological sciences
Read article: Female PhD students miss out on chance to become inventors, finds study
Women in technical PhD programmes are given less hands-on experience in patenting and commercial science compared to their male counterparts
