Read article: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe survives its first close-up solar encounter
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will perform 24 orbits around the Sun with the next close solar passes occurring on 22 March and 19 June
Read article: Two advances in quantum error correction share the Physics World 2024 Breakthrough of the Year
Complementary research brings practical quantum computing closer
Read article: Africa targets 2035 start date for synchrotron construction
The African Light Source Foundation’s conceptual design report hopes to encourage African leaders to support the project
Read article: Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year in physics for 2024 revealed
Work on entangled imaging, recoiling nuclei and transparent mice are on our shortlist
Read article: US ploughs $50m into sodium-ion battery development
Sodium-ion batteries offer a sustainable, low-cost alternative to lithium-ion technology
Read article: Institute of Physics says physics ‘deep tech’ missing out on £4.5bn of extra investment
Report by the Institute of Physics finds that venture-capital investors often struggle to invest in physics
Read article: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab announces further staff layoffs
About 325 people, representing 5% of the lab’s employees, will be affected
Read article: EU must double its science budget to remain competitive, warns report
A committee of 15 experts from research and industry call for Framework Programme 10 to have a budget of at least €220bn
Read article: The Arecibo Observatory’s ‘powerful radiation environment’ led to its collapse, claims report
The disaster in December 2020 was caused by the failure of zinc in the observatory’s cable sockets
Read article: UK particle physicist Mark Thomson selected as next CERN boss
Thomson will become the 17th director-general of the CERN particle-physics laboratory when he takes up the position in 2026
