Read article: US survey reveals harassment faced by early-career astronomers
A new report finds that about a third of those polled in a recent survey experienced discrimination at college or at work.
Read article: Schrödinger lecture theatre at Trinity College Dublin renamed after sexual-abuse reports
The university says that it is also considering the future of its annual Schrödinger Lecture Series
Read article: US planetary scientists call for mission to investigate solar system’s ice giants
“Decadal survey” of US planetary science prioritizes large-scale probes to Uranus and Saturn's moon Enceladus
Read article: Arab Physical Society hosts inaugural event to celebrate founding
Online meeting includes talks by world-leading physicists including three Nobel-prize winners
Read article: Lia Merminga becomes first woman to head Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
Merminga will begin her term on 18 April and succeeds Nigel Lockyer
Read article: Astronomers launch new asteroid-classification system based on animal sizes
Stretching from blue whale to tardigrade, new system brings “much-needed order” to asteroid sizes, but giraffes are controversially excluded
Read article: Biological physics should be recognized as a major discipline within physics, claims report
First "decadal survey" into biological physics says further advances can only emerge in the subject with additional investment
Read article: Research infrastructures found to have an astronomical impact on astronomy’s carbon footprint
Study finds that research facilities emit at least 1.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent every year
Read article: US Department of Justice reframes controversial China Initiative
The US’s China Initiative has been expanded to focus not only on individual scientists with links to China but also on other foreign governments
Read article: Publication boost for LGBTQA scientists who disclose their identities at work
LGBTQA scientists who hide their identities while at work have been found to produce fewer peer-reviewed publications than those who are more open about their sexuality and gender identity
