Read article: UK firm Universal Quantum wins major quantum-computing contract
Universal Quantum awarded one of the largest government quantum-computing contracts ever given to a single company
Read article: Report calls on the UK to show ambition in the development of quantum technologies
Institute of Physics report says UK government must be bold to position the country as a world leader in quantum technologies
Read article: Leiden University astronomer Tim de Zeeuw removed from post after allegations of misconduct
Leiden says the astronomer has been banned from campus and cannot supervise PhD students, but keeps professorial title
Read article: Laser pioneer Margaret Murnane bags 2022 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
Murnane and colleagues developed tabletop X-ray lasers
Read article: CERN slashes experiment time next year by 20% as energy costs bite
Heavy-ion programme at CERN will be cancelled too
Read article: DART mission successfully hits asteroid in first-of-its-kind test
Scientists will now precisely measure Dimorphos’ orbital change to determine how effectively DART deflected the asteroid
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
