Read article: Fermilab is ‘doomed’ without management overhaul claims whistleblower report
A group of anonymous whistleblowers say that Fermilab is in 'crisis' and needs a management shake-up
Read article: NIST publishes first set of ‘finalized’ post-quantum encryption standards
The algorithms are designed to withstand the attack of a quantum computer
Read article: DUNE prototype detector records its first accelerator-produced neutrinos
Scientists will use the detector to study the interactions between antineutrinos and argon
Read article: Tsung-Dao Lee: Nobel laureate famed for work on parity violation dies aged 97
In the 1950s Lee proposed that "parity" is violated by the weak force
Read article: US plasma physicists propose construction of a ‘flexible’ stellarator facility
The Flexible Stellarator Physics Facility would test different approaches to stellarator magnetic confinement
Read article: NASA cancels delay-hit $450m VIPER lunar prospector
The mission will now be disassembled with components used for future Moon missions
Read article: A quarter of UK students say school physics teaching is poor
A survey by the Ogden Trust finds that half of those that didn’t take physics post-16 say they did not enjoy the subject
Read article: ITER fusion reactor hit by massive decade-long delay and €5bn price hike
Full operation with deuterium and tritium is not expected until 2039
Read article: Battery boss: physicist Martin Freer will run UK’s Faraday Institution
Freer will take up the role on 2 September replacing Pam Thomas as chief executive officer
Read article: David Charbonneau and Sara Seager bag the 2024 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
Charbonneau and Seager share $1m prize for their work characterizing the atmospheres of exoplanets
