Read article: Citing like it’s 1995: why women physicists find their papers referenced less
Analysis shows that general physics journals have the largest citation gap between men and women in physics
Read article: Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger win the 2022 Nobel Prize for Physics
Prize given for their experiments on entangled photons
Read article: Climate change expected to reduce the quality of ground-based astronomical observations
Study shows that current climate trends will likely lead to reductions in observing time due to poor conditions
Read article: A poor introductory science degree grade has ‘devastating’ effect on students from under-represented groups
Analysis shows that a poor grade in an introductory course can reduce the chance of students from under-represented groups going on to obtain a science degree
Read article: Machine learning can accurately predict a scientist’s gender based on citation data alone
Network analysis finds that women use citations in a different way to men
Read article: Institute of Physics calls on UK government to develop ‘clear vision’ for research funding
New IOP report warns UK could be left behind if R&D funding target of 2.4% of GDP is not met
Read article: CERN’s proposed 100 km-circumference ‘Higgs factory’ has lower environmental impact than competing designs, finds study
Analysis finds that the Future Circular Collider is the most energy efficient of the planned future particle colliders
Read article: Open-source tool allows researchers to calculate their lab’s carbon footprint
Study finds heating, travel and commuting are the biggest contributors to lab emissions
Read article: Academics worked longer hours during the COVID-19 pandemic, finds study
International team of researchers find that a longer work week has become part of “new normal” in academia
Read article: Early-career researchers in large research groups are more likely to leave academia, finds study
Network analysis finds that those mentored by more successful academics are also more prone to dropping out
