In the 1950s Lee proposed that "parity" is violated by the weak force
Read article: Tsung-Dao Lee: Nobel laureate famed for work on parity violation dies aged 97
The Flexible Stellarator Physics Facility would test different approaches to stellarator magnetic confinement
Read article: US plasma physicists propose construction of a ‘flexible’ stellarator facility
The mission will now be disassembled with components used for future Moon missions
Read article: NASA cancels delay-hit $450m VIPER lunar prospector
A survey by the Ogden Trust finds that half of those that didn’t take physics post-16 say they did not enjoy the subject
Read article: A quarter of UK students say school physics teaching is poor
Full operation with deuterium and tritium is not expected until 2039
Read article: ITER fusion reactor hit by massive decade-long delay and €5bn price hike
Freer will take up the role on 2 September replacing Pam Thomas as chief executive officer
Read article: Battery boss: physicist Martin Freer will run UK’s Faraday Institution
Charbonneau and Seager share $1m prize for their work characterizing the atmospheres of exoplanets
Read article: David Charbonneau and Sara Seager bag the 2024 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
The year will see quantum-related workshops, conferences, festivals and schools outreach activities
Read article: It’s official: United Nations declares 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology
Aquark Technologies and NIQS Tech are runners-up in 2024 competition
Read article: Equal1 wins IOP’s qBIG Prize for quantum innovation
With a background in climate science, Sheinbaum Pardo also becomes Mexico’s first female president
Read article: Climate physicist Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo elected Mexican president in landslide win
