Particle and nuclear News Estonia becomes first Baltic state to join CERN The Baltic nation is now the 24th member state of the Geneva-based particle-physics lab Read article: Estonia becomes first Baltic state to join CERN
Policy and funding News Fermilab is ‘doomed’ without management overhaul claims whistleblower report A group of anonymous whistleblowers say that Fermilab is in 'crisis' and needs a management shake-up Read article: Fermilab is ‘doomed’ without management overhaul claims whistleblower report
Quantum News NIST publishes first set of ‘finalized’ post-quantum encryption standards The algorithms are designed to withstand the attack of a quantum computer Read article: NIST publishes first set of ‘finalized’ post-quantum encryption standards
Projects and facilities News DUNE prototype detector records its first accelerator-produced neutrinos Scientists will use the detector to study the interactions between antineutrinos and argon Read article: DUNE prototype detector records its first accelerator-produced neutrinos
Particle and nuclear News Tsung-Dao Lee: Nobel laureate famed for work on parity violation dies aged 97 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
Nuclear fusion News US plasma physicists propose construction of a ‘flexible’ stellarator facility 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
Astronomy and space News NASA cancels delay-hit $450m VIPER lunar prospector The mission will now be disassembled with components used for future Moon missions Read article: NASA cancels delay-hit $450m VIPER lunar prospector
Education and outreach News A quarter of UK students say school physics teaching is poor 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
Nuclear fusion News ITER fusion reactor hit by massive decade-long delay and €5bn price hike 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
Environment and energy News Battery boss: physicist Martin Freer will run UK’s Faraday Institution 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
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