Read article: First direct observation of a black hole and its ‘shadow’ is Physics World 2019 Breakthrough of the Year
Award goes to astronomers working on the Event Horizon Telescope
Read article: Arctic climate continues to concern scientists
NOAA's 14th annual Arctic Report Card includes contributions from members of indigenous Arctic communities – and very little good news
Read article: Physics World announces its Breakthrough of the Year finalists for 2019
Charmed mesons, a child-friendly magnetoencephalography scanner and small but powerful magnet are on our shortlist
Read article: UN secretary-general calls for rapid and deep change at UN climate summit
António Guterres, Pedro Sánchez and Nancy Pelosi call for action on first day of COP 25
Read article: New ways to probe material properties
At the Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society in Boston, US, thousands of scientists will be looking for the best tools to measure and analyse material properties
Read article: Square Kilometre Array hit by €250m shortfall
Officials planning the giant radio telescope hope to plug the funding gap by attracting new countries to the project
Read article: CERN expected to announce one-year delay to Large Hadron Collider upgrade
Decision is set to be taken tomorrow on whether to postpone the completion of the high-luminosity upgrade until 2028
Read article: Committee urges Ireland to join CERN particle-physics lab
Report recommends Ireland becoming an associate member that would allow the country’s scientists to have access to formal training and become CERN staff members
Read article: European physicists propose huge underground gravitational-wave laboratory
ELGAR would consist of two 32 km-long arms to detect gravitational waves via atom interferometry
Read article: Fabiola Gianotti to remain CERN boss until 2025
The Italian particle physicist will now oversee the completion of the high-luminosity upgrade to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider
