Read article: Research by women shared less than work by male colleagues, study finds
The imbalance in online success could be due to biased perceptions and women promoting themselves less
Read article: Nobel-prize-winning astronomer Antony Hewish dies aged 97
Hewish played a pivotal role in the first detection of pulsars
Read article: Afghan scientists fear for the future in war-torn country
The organization Scholars At Risk has urged European governments to take “immediate action” to help scientists who remain trapped in Afghanistan
Read article: Women more likely to experience author disputes when publishing their research, finds study
International survey finds that women scientists were 1.5 times as likely as men to suffer from author disputes
Read article: Astronomers discover ideal conditions for stargazing on the Tibetan Plateau
Site on Saishiteng Mountain near the town of Lenghu rivals that of existing astronomy meccas
Read article: Scientists with children suffer a ‘parenting penalty’ in their research
A survey of more than 11,000 researchers with children reveals that scientific output depends on their level of child-care responsibilities
Read article: Moon mission successfully retrieves lunar samples
Chang’e-5 has returned lunar material for the first time in 45 years to study the evolution history of our closest neighbour, as Ling Xin reports
Read article: National Ignition Facility heralds ‘significant step’ towards fusion break-even target
Lab announces it has achieved a yield of more than 1.3 MJ – about 70% of the energy that the laser pulse delivered to the sample
Read article: New non-COVID research projects plunge by a third since the start of the pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic beginning to show long-lasting impact on scientific research, says US study
Read article: Neutron-science pioneer John Enderby dies aged 90
British physicist was a staunch advocate of scholarly publishing
