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Read article: NASA selects two Venus missions for launch Telescopes and space missions News NASA selects two Venus missions for launch VERITAS and DAVINCI+ will take-off between 2028 and 2030 to investigate Earth’s sister planet
Read article: Catherine Heymans appointed first female Astronomer Royal for Scotland Personalities News Catherine Heymans appointed first female Astronomer Royal for Scotland Astrophysicist becomes the first woman to hold top Scottish job since its foundation in 1834
Read article: First results from UK tokamak offers a STEP towards commercial fusion Projects and facilities News First results from UK tokamak offers a STEP towards commercial fusion Findings from the Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak experiment indicate a ten-fold reduction in exhaust heat load
Read article: Ethical hacking group worms its way into Fermilab Projects and facilities News Ethical hacking group worms its way into Fermilab The Sakura Samurai team discovered configuration data for the lab’s NoVa experiment and more than 4500 “tickets” for tracking internal projects
Read article: China successfully lands Zhurong rover on Mars Telescopes and space missions News China successfully lands Zhurong rover on Mars China becomes the second country after the US to successfully land a spacecraft on the surface of the red planet
Read article: One step closer to real-time MR imaging in proton therapy Particle therapy News One step closer to real-time MR imaging in proton therapy A research collaboration is building the world's first prototype proton therapy system that can track moving tumours with MRI in real time during treatment
Read article: 2020 was Europe’s hottest year on record, finds report Environment and energy News 2020 was Europe’s hottest year on record, finds report Two major reports paint a bleak picture of the climate ahead of a virtual summit of world leaders
Read article: NASA’s Ingenuity rotorcraft prepares for second Mars flight Telescopes and space missions News NASA’s Ingenuity rotorcraft prepares for second Mars flight Following a successful vertical lift-off and landing yesterday, engineers are now setting their sights on a lateral flight
Read article: Japanese Nobel-prize-winning semiconductor pioneer Isamu Akasaki dies aged 92 Personalities News Japanese Nobel-prize-winning semiconductor pioneer Isamu Akasaki dies aged 92 Akasaki was instrumental in the creation of blue LEDs in the 1980s and 1990s that led to a wide range of applications