Report by the National Task Force on the Rule of Law and Democracy says that the integrity of US government research is under siege
Read article: ‘Crisis point’ reached as Trump administration weakens safeguards for government research
Delight as extrasolar planet research is recognized by the Nobel committee – a feat that some thought would never happen
Read article: Exoplanet researchers welcome ‘cataclysmic’ Nobel-prize announcement
John Goodenough, Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino share award
Read article: Lithium-ion battery pioneers bag chemistry Nobel prize
Trio bag award for work on cosmology and exoplanets
Read article: James Peebles, Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz share Nobel Prize for Physics
Conceptual design for the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production facility will be complete by 2024
Read article: UK announces £220m to design a ‘commercially viable’ fusion power plant
National Labor Relations Board aims to reverse a 2016 decision that allowed paid graduate students to unionize
Read article: US seeks to bar graduate students at private universities who get paid for work from unionizing
Ten Nobel-prize-winning physicists join thousands signing a letter that calls for a dedicated European commissioner for education and research to be reinstated
Read article: Nobel laureates join call for European Commission to reinstate top science post
Analysis of the leadership positions at 31 scientific societies finds a gender imbalance at higher ranks but not with lower-status roles
Read article: Women miss out on high-profile awards and positions
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has announced an investigation into accusations that the Trump administration put pressure on the agency to modify forecasts
Read article: Investigations launched over Hurricane Dorian weather map row
Watch out for extra focus on climate change over the next week
Read article: Physics World joins Covering Climate Now project
