The Extremely Brilliant Source boosts the brilliance and coherence of the X-ray beams by around a factor of 100 over its predecessor
Read article: European synchrotron reopens following €150m upgrade
Mission will explore the Martian geology and climate, look for signs of past microbial life as well as launch a small helicopter
Read article: NASA launches Mars Perseverance rover
Craft will study Mars’ magnetosphere and atmosphere as well as surface and subsurface geological structures
Read article: China successfully launches Tianwen-1 Mars probe
The Institute of Physics’ first Lee Lucas Award honours two start-ups, Nebu~Flow and Cellular Highways, for applying physics to healthcare and medicine
Read article: Therapeutics firms share inaugural prize for health physics
The Hope craft – the first Arab mission to Mars – will study the Martian atmosphere including daily and seasonal changes in the climate
Read article: United Arab Emirates launches Hope mission to Mars
Four female PhD students awarded grants from fund to encourage diversity in physics
Read article: First winners of Bell Burnell fellowships announced by the Institute of Physics
Male students in inquiry-based labs handle equipment more, while women spend twice as long on laptops
Read article: Men and women go separate ways: why inquiry-based labs exacerbate gender imbalance
European strategy update proposes further work on a huge 100 km circular collider at CERN, but a final decision to build it will not be made until 2026
Read article: CERN approves further work on Future Circular Collider – but delays final decision
Protests have erupted in the US following the killing of Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer
Read article: US scientific societies condemn racism in the wake of George Floyd death
The Hubble Space Telescope almost single-handedly transformed astronomical research and altered the public’s perception of space. After 30 years, attention is turning to its successor
Read article: Hubble at 30: how NASA’s telescope went from ‘techno-turkey’ to iconic observatory
