Read article: European Space Agency launches Solar Orbiter mission
European Space Agency launches Solar Orbiter mission
Probe will improve our understanding of solar storms
Read article: European Space Agency launches Solar Orbiter mission
Read article: Physicists come top in ‘deep tech’ start-up challenge
Physicists come top in ‘deep tech’ start-up challenge
Spectroscopy specialists Senorics and milk-analysis firm Labby take first and second prize in the annual Photonics West competition
Read article: UK unveils post-Brexit investment and visa changes to boost science
UK unveils post-Brexit investment and visa changes to boost science
Some £300m will be invested over five years in the mathematical sciences
Read article: Chinese researchers returning home in greater numbers
Chinese researchers returning home in greater numbers
About 80% of Chinese scientists who have gone abroad to study or work in the previous decade have returned home
Read article: African American physics students need more support, says report
African American physics students need more support, says report
Sweeping changes to US university-level teaching in physics and astronomy are required to address the long-running and systemic exclusion of African Americans
Read article: Brookhaven chosen to host major US nuclear physics facility
Brookhaven chosen to host major US nuclear physics facility
Due to start by 2030, the Electron-Ion Collider will probe the strong nuclear force and the role of gluons in nucleons and nuclei
Read article: Collaboration receives $1.25m to accelerate development of effective topical drugs
Collaboration receives $1.25m to accelerate development of effective topical drugs
Scientists receive funding to develop advanced imaging tools for assessing drug delivery to the skin
Read article: Microplastics are turning up everywhere
Microplastics are turning up everywhere
Researchers find plastic beads, fragments and fibres in ecosystems from the peaks of the Sierra Nevada to the depths of Long Island Sound, with uncertain health effects
Read article: Europe draws up plans for plasma-based particle accelerators
Europe draws up plans for plasma-based particle accelerators
Compact devices would be far cheaper than existing technology
Read article: Climate change contributing to increase in extreme weather events, says expert report
Climate change contributing to increase in extreme weather events, says expert report
Improved observational tools and models allow scientists to point to human influences
