Read article: Last-minute intervention saves JASON government advisory panel from closure
The group will be funded until the end of January 2020 but require new sources of support to continue beyond then
Read article: Huge Chinese cosmic-ray observatory begins operation
The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory will attempt to understand the origins of high-energy cosmic rays
Read article: Sexual harassment rife in US undergraduate physics
Study finds that 74% of female undergraduates experience sexual harassment during their studies
Read article: Clinical innovations focus on personalized therapy
Significant advances in equipment and software will be unveiled at ESTRO 38
Read article: Boost in the number of US female physicists and astronomers taking faculty positions
Report by the American Institute of Physics finds that 40% of new astronomy faculty are women, while a quarter of new physics faculty recruits are female
Read article: Is your Earth-based citizen science project a winner?
European Space Agency’s Citizen Science Earth Observation Lab looks for creative ideas
Read article: SpaceIL loses contact with craft moments before Moon landing
Israeli organization was aiming to take a giant leap for privately funded space travel
Read article: Topological physics pioneer and Nobel laureate David Thouless dies at 84
Theorist helped create a thriving branch of condensed matter physics
Read article: Physicists in China unveil plans for underground gravitational-wave observatory
Facility in central China would also test Einstein’s theory of general relativity to unprecedented precision
Read article: Technology innovations underpin condensed-matter research
Equipment for some of the most complex experiments in condensed-matter physics will be showcased at the DPG Spring Meeting in Regensburg
