Read article: EU must double its science budget to remain competitive, warns report
A committee of 15 experts from research and industry call for Framework Programme 10 to have a budget of at least €220bn
Read article: The Arecibo Observatory’s ‘powerful radiation environment’ led to its collapse, claims report
The disaster in December 2020 was caused by the failure of zinc in the observatory’s cable sockets
Read article: UK particle physicist Mark Thomson selected as next CERN boss
Thomson will become the 17th director-general of the CERN particle-physics laboratory when he takes up the position in 2026
Read article: Timber! Japan launches world’s first wooden satellite into space
LignoSat will test the possibilities of building wooden human habitats in space
Read article: Superconductivity theorist Leon Cooper dies aged 94
Cooper carried out research into superconductivity and neuroscience
Read article: US Department of Energy announces new Fermilab contractor
Yet some see little change in the selection of Fermi Forward Discovery Group
Read article: Semiconductor pioneer Richard Friend bags 2024 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
Friend won for his work on the fundamental electronic properties of molecular semiconductors and in their engineering development
Read article: Pioneers of AI-based protein-structure prediction share 2024 chemistry Nobel prize
Protein designer is also honoured in this year’s award
Read article: John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton share the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics
Duo win for their work on machine learning
Read article: European Space Agency launches Hera mission to investigate asteroid ‘crash-scene’
Hera will perform a close-up examination of a 2022 impact on Dimorphos by NASA's DART mission
