Independent groups find no evidence for room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductivity in a modified form of lead apatite
Read article: ‘Room-temperature superconductor’ LK-99 fails replication tests
John Sarrao will replace Streiffer as director of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Read article: Oak Ridge National Laboratory appoints Stephen Streiffer as its next director
The results suggest that – in theoretical physics at least – referees tend to rank rigour lower
Read article: Theorists are good peer reviewers – but tend to prefer significance over rigour, study finds
The researchers argue that education and research are needed to raise awareness and drive innovation
Read article: Researchers issue warning over the increasing carbon footprint of computational science
A reported draft deal between the UK and the EU failed to materialize this week
Read article: UK scientists dismayed over lack of progress on Horizon Europe membership
Country aims to be the first to land at the Moon’s south pole region
Read article: India launches Chandrayaan-3 mission to the lunar surface
The so-called China Initiative has led to many Chinese scientists to consider leaving the US
Read article: Survey finds a third of Chinese scientists in the US feel unwelcome in the country
Craft will spend some six years creating the most accurate map yet of the large-scale structure of the universe
Read article: European Space Agency launches Euclid dark-energy mission
Oldest-ever Nobel laureate led the development of lithium-ion batteries
Read article: John Goodenough: Nobel-prize-winning battery pioneer dies aged 100
Chip is based on silicon spin qubits, which are about a million times smaller than other qubit types
Read article: Intel releases 12-qubit silicon quantum chip to the quantum community
