Astroparticle physics News Superfluid helium could reveal lightweight WIMPs Overlooked mass range is observable with new approach Read article: Superfluid helium could reveal lightweight WIMPs
Earth sciences News Neutrino detector could see radioactive potassium deep within the Earth Proposed experiment would boost our understanding of what heats our planet's interior Read article: Neutrino detector could see radioactive potassium deep within the Earth
Policy and funding News New £43m Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre coming to Bristol Flash Physics: need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: New £43m Quantum Technologies Innovation Centre coming to Bristol
Ethics News ETH Zürich opens investigation into misconduct allegations "Inappropriate personnel structure" results in closure of astronomy institute Read article: ETH Zürich opens investigation into misconduct allegations
Policy and funding News Concerns raised over NIST security breaches US Government Accountability Office calls for increased measures Read article: Concerns raised over NIST security breaches
Nuclear physics News US nuclear-physics facility completes $338m upgrade Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility now runs at 12 GeV Read article: US nuclear-physics facility completes $338m upgrade
Microscopy News Physicists bag chemistry Nobel for cryo-electron microscopy Technique revolutionized how biological molecules are imaged Read article: Physicists bag chemistry Nobel for cryo-electron microscopy
Gravity News Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne win 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics Trio win for their work on gravitational waves Read article: Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish and Kip Thorne win 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics
Telescopes and space missions News Go-ahead for protest-hit telescope in Hawaii Flash Physics: need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Go-ahead for protest-hit telescope in Hawaii
Gravity News Virgo bags its first gravitational waves Third detector helps pinpoint astronomical sources as fourth black-hole merger is detected Read article: Virgo bags its first gravitational waves