Read article: Female chemists hit by ‘significant disadvantage’ when publishing their research
Report by the Royal Society of Chemistry finds that gender biases exist “at each step of the publishing profile”
Read article: UK research network to advance radiotherapy developments
A £56 million research network aims to transform the UK into a global hub for radiotherapy research
Read article: Student mentoring needs to be better recognized and rewarded, says report
Report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine sets out a series of actions to strengthen mentoring within US scientific disciplines
Read article: South African radio telescope design nears completion
Testing begins on two prototype dishes for the Hydrogen Intensity and Real-time Analysis eXperiment
Read article: Transparent peer review trialled by IOP Publishing
Year-long trial will be held on three journals – JPhys Materials, Environmental Research Letters and Journal of Neural Engineering
Read article: Engines and imagers dominate awards for physics-based innovations
Biomedical imaging systems and novel engine components received top billing in the 2019 Institute of Physics Business Awards
Read article: ‘Crisis point’ reached as Trump administration weakens safeguards for government research
Report by the National Task Force on the Rule of Law and Democracy says that the integrity of US government research is under siege
Read article: Exoplanet researchers welcome ‘cataclysmic’ Nobel-prize announcement
Delight as extrasolar planet research is recognized by the Nobel committee – a feat that some thought would never happen
Read article: Lithium-ion battery pioneers bag chemistry Nobel prize
John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino share award
Read article: James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz share Nobel Prize for Physics
Trio bag award for work on cosmology and exoplanets
