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
Read article: China overtakes the US in terms of research quality, finds study
A new analysis by researchers in the US also found that China had already overtaken the European Union in terms of research quality by 2015
Read article: Panel calls on physicists to ‘shelve’ notion of Japan hosting the International Linear Collider
Proposed particle physics experiment must be re-evaluated before being given the go-ahead
Read article: Russian scientists condemn Ukraine invasion as international projects and meetings thrown into doubt
More than 650 Russian scientists sign an open letter calling the war with Ukraine “unfair and senseless”
Read article: Eric Lander resignation leads to controversial split of US presidential science adviser role
Francis Collins becomes the interim US science adviser while Alondra Nelson will head the Office of Science and Technology Policy
