Henry Royce Institute calls for government investment to boost materials science in the country and support the use of low-carbon technology
Read article: Net-zero carbon target in UK will require national approach to materials science, says report
Trio share the 2020 prize for work on black holes
Read article: Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez bag the Nobel Prize for Physics
Ashkin shared the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work using light to trap microscopic objects
Read article: Optical tweezer pioneer Arthur Ashkin dies aged 98
Lab’s first public Environment Report details the status of CERN’s environmental footprint and outlines some objectives to reduce it in the coming years
Read article: CERN’s emissions equal to a large cruise liner, says report
The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment would be the world’s largest neutrino telescope once built by the end of the decade
Read article: Astronomers plan huge neutrino observatory in the Pacific Ocean
US National Science Foundation has awarded $17.5m towards the construction of the huge 25.4 m telescope
Read article: Giant Magellan Telescope receives cash injection from the National Science Foundation
Publisher aims to make the double-blind form of peer review the default option on all of its own journals by the end of 2021
Read article: IOP Publishing pledges to implement double-blind peer review
Open letter from US laureates says that Biden has “consistently demonstrated his willingness to listen to experts”
Read article: Nobel laureates endorse Joe Biden for US president
Study finds that five fields have accounted for more than half of Nobel prizes
Read article: Particle and atomic physics more likely to win Nobels
Over 100 organizations and individuals say that “rapid progress” is needed in negotiations regarding the scientific framework programme
Read article: Calls for UK and EU to compromise over Horizon Europe
