Read article: Science elevated to cabinet position in UK government shake-up
A new department for science, innovation and technology will be led by Michelle Donelan
Read article: UK creates ‘high-risk, high reward’ research funding agency
The Advanced Research and Invention Agency will aim to identify and fund "revolutionary science"
Read article: UK kicks off design work for an X-ray free-electron laser
Conceptual design review will distil the science demands into a next-generation X-ray facility
Read article: Search for gravitational waves set to resume following COVID-19 setbacks
The forthcoming observational run will be the longest to date, operating for 18 months
Read article: Alex Müller: Nobel-prize-winning condensed-matter physicist dies aged 95
Müller shared the 1987 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on superconductivity
Read article: Nobel laureates warn Ukraine crisis is bringing Europe closer to nuclear war
A petition renouncing the war in Ukraine has so far been signed by over 800 people including 14 Nobel-prize winners
Read article: Participants of China’s Young Thousand Talents programme see productivity boost
Returning scientists to China tend to receive greater funding and have larger research teams than their overseas peers
Read article: First UK space launch fails to reach orbit
The LauncherOne rocket suffered an anomaly some two hours after take-off
Read article: Progress could be slowing down in science and technology, finds study
Researchers discover a decline in the ‘disruptiveness’ of papers and patents in recent years
Read article: UK must embrace overseas talent to become a ‘science superpower’, says report
House of Lords inquiry finds that the UK government is not doing enough to solve the science skills shortage
