Read article: Visa policies may restrict access to talent for US tech start-ups
Study shows that foreign PhDs are 56% less likely than their US counterparts to accept jobs at start-ups
Read article: Advanced Photon Source set for $815m upgrade
Improvements to the US synchrotron include a new storage ring as well as enhanced instrument beamlines
Read article: US government websites cull references to climate change
Report finds a 26% decrease in the use of words associated with climate change
Read article: Outrage as Brazil’s president casts doubt on Amazon deforestation rate
President Jair Bolsonaro says satellite data collected by the National Institute of Space Studies are "not true"
Read article: Top-cited work from China recognized by IOP Publishing
More than 170 authors from China have been given a top-cited author award for 2019
Read article: Convergence science centre accelerates development of innovative cancer therapies
The UK’s first convergence science centre is investigating novel cancer treatments such as tumour-liquifying microbubbles and immune cell tracking
Read article: Experts point to Russia as source of radioactive ruthenium leak
Explosion may have occurred while reprocessing spent fuel for a neutrino experiment
Read article: Superconductivity pioneer Robert Schrieffer dies at 88
Schrieffer, together with physicists John Bardeen and Leon Cooper, explained how materials could superconduct at low temperatures
Read article: India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission launches to the Moon
Chandrayaan-2 consists of an orbiter, lander and rover to explore the lunar surface
Read article: Girls’ reading ability drives the science gender gap, claims study
Researchers say that 80% of the gender gap in maths-related fields can be explained by the difference in girls’ scores in maths and reading
