UC Davis student wins journal award for developing a novel brain phantom for positron emission tomography
Read article: PhD student Ekaterina Shanina wins Early Career Researcher Award for PET phantom study
Inaugural MIT Quantum Index Report finds that venture capital funding is providing billions of dollars into the field
Read article: Large-scale commercial applications of quantum computing remain a distant promise, claims report
Pictures include the Trifid and Lagoon nebulas and the Virgo cluster
Read article: Vera C Rubin Observatory reveals its first spectacular images of the cosmos
ispace was attempting to become the first non-US firm to land on the Moon
Read article: Japan’s ispace suffers second lunar landing failure
The pivot penalty increases the further away a researcher shifts from their previous topic of research
Read article: Thinking of switching research fields? Beware the citation ‘pivot penalty’ revealed by new study
The cash will be used to establish a Leinweber Institute for Theoretical Physics at five US institutions
Read article: Leinweber Foundation ploughs $90m into US theoretical physics
The craft will aim to collect about 100 g of material from a “quasi-satellite” of Earth
Read article: China launches Tianwen-2 asteroid sample-return mission
Pair are honoured for their work on the cosmic microwave background
Read article: Richard Bond and George Efstathiou share the 2025 Shaw Prize in Astronomy
Portable instrument detects underground infrastructure using quantum interference
Read article: Delta.g wins IOP’s qBIG prize for its gravity sensors
Learning physics concepts from chatbots could enhance students’ positive emotions of the subject
Read article: ‘Chatty’ artificial intelligence could improve student enthusiasm for physics and maths, finds study
