Read article: Green light for new SuperCDMS dark-matter detector
Green light for new SuperCDMS dark-matter detector
Underground experiment should switch on in the early 2020s
Read article: Green light for new SuperCDMS dark-matter detector
Read article: NASA launches Mars Insight mission
NASA launches Mars Insight mission
The $800m lander will probe beneath the Martian surface for the first time
Read article: Memristor technology programme wins £11 million
Memristor technology programme wins £11 million
Research collaborators at Southampton, Imperial and Manchester universities in the UK win a grant to develop memristor technology for broader use
Read article: SuperKEKB achieves its first collisions
SuperKEKB achieves its first collisions
Revamped particle accelerator smashes electrons and positrons for the Belle II detector
Read article: New NASA boss Jim Bridenstine garners praise and disapproval
New NASA boss Jim Bridenstine garners praise and disapproval
Politician and former navy pilot lacks experience managing space missions, say critics
Read article: Europe emerges as neutron science powerhouse
Europe emerges as neutron science powerhouse
Europe accounts for more than half of all papers in neutron science between 2005 and 2015
Read article: Gender gap in physics among highest in science
Gender gap in physics among highest in science
Study predicts it could be more than two centuries until there are equal numbers of senior male and female researchers in physics
Read article: NASA launches TESS exoplanet mission
NASA launches TESS exoplanet mission
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will catalogue thousands of nearby planets
Read article: Nobel laureate Peter Grünberg dies at 78
Nobel laureate Peter Grünberg dies at 78
Physicist co-discovered “giant magnetoresistance”
Read article: Developing nations must lead in solar geoengineering
Developing nations must lead in solar geoengineering
Facebook co-founder bankrolls new fund to help countries from the “global south” model solar geoengineering
