Personalities News Nobel laureate Leon Lederman dies aged 96 US particle physicist co-discovered that neutrinos come in more than one “flavour” Read article: Nobel laureate Leon Lederman dies aged 96
Catalysis and chemistry News Frances H Arnold, George P Smith and Gregory P Winter win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry The Nobel Committee have announced the award of this year's Chemistry Prize for "harnessing the power of evolution" Read article: Frances H Arnold, George P Smith and Gregory P Winter win the Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Optics and photonics News Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland win the Nobel Prize for Physics Trio win “for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics” Read article: Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland win the Nobel Prize for Physics
Culture, history and society News CERN describes physicist’s gender talk as ‘highly offensive’ Alessandro Strumia claimed “physics invented and built by men” Read article: CERN describes physicist’s gender talk as ‘highly offensive’
Quantum News US invests $249m in quantum information science as White House unveils strategic overview Over 100 research projects will benefit from funding Read article: US invests $249m in quantum information science as White House unveils strategic overview
Publishing News Physicists who move abroad can receive a 17% uplift in citations, study reveals Your papers could get up to 100 additional citations in five years if you move abroad than if you stay at home Read article: Physicists who move abroad can receive a 17% uplift in citations, study reveals
Radiotherapy News First UK radiation treatment using MR-guided linac The first patient in the UK has received radiation treatment using the Elekta Unity MR-guided linac Read article: First UK radiation treatment using MR-guided linac
Personalities News Optical telecoms pioneer and Nobel laureate Charles Kao dies at 84 Electrical engineer shared 2009 physics prize for developing technology that made the Internet possible Read article: Optical telecoms pioneer and Nobel laureate Charles Kao dies at 84
Diversity and inclusion News Isolated female students more likely to drop out of PhD programmes Study finds that lone women in a PhD cohort were up to 16% less likely to graduate than their male counterparts Read article: Isolated female students more likely to drop out of PhD programmes
Nuclear medicine News MILabs’ VECTor6 awarded ‘Commercial Innovation of the Year’ at WMIC The VECTor6 preclinical imaging system with broadband photon tomography receives innovation award at the World Molecular Imaging Congress Read article: MILabs’ VECTor6 awarded ‘Commercial Innovation of the Year’ at WMIC