Read article: Comet mission given green light by European Space Agency
The Comet Interceptor project will aim to visit a comet from the outer solar system and may even study an object from beyond
Read article: LASER shines on Munich
One of the premier events for optics and photonics gets under way next week in Munich, Germany
Read article: £4.5m donation escalates proton therapy research at The Christie
A £4.5m donation to The Christie hospital will support the UK's first clinical trial using high-energy proton therapy
Read article: US energy department cracks down on foreign recruitment programmes
The Department of Energy’s ban will affect scientists participating in China’s 1000 Talents programme
Read article: New research centre will study connection between radiation and immunotherapies
Penn researchers receive a $12 million grant to establish a new centre to investigate next-generation cancer treatments
Read article: Debate rages over 5G impact on US weather forecasting
Science agencies warn that the use of the 24 GHz band would interfere with the detection of water vapour in the atmosphere
Read article: Particle pioneer Murray Gell-Mann, who coined the term ‘quarks’, dies at 89
Gell-Mann played a pivotal role in organizing the huge number of particles that were being discovered in the 1960s
Read article: Reducing air travel does not impact academic productivity, claims study
Research suggests that academics can cut flying without fear that it will affect their scientific output
Read article: New definition of the kilogram comes into force
The kilogram and three other base units of the International System of Units are set to be defined in terms of physical constants
Read article: European physicists look to the future of particle colliders
Strategy to replace the Large Hadron Collider should be in place by 2020
