Hera will perform a close-up examination of a 2022 impact on Dimorphos by NASA's DART mission
Read article: European Space Agency launches Hera mission to investigate asteroid ‘crash-scene’
Interventions to integrate young female physicists into established networks could help tackle under-representation
Read article: Gender gap in physics entrenched by biased collaboration networks, study finds
The event was attended by 38 national delegations as well as Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium
Read article: CERN celebrates 70 years at the helm of particle physics in lavish ceremony
The authors believe the finding indicates a decline in scientific productivity
Read article: Knowledge grows step-by-step despite the exponential growth of papers, finds study
NASA has been warned that it may need to sacrifice new missions in order to rebalance the space agency’s priorities and achieve its long-term objectives
Read article: NASA suffering from ageing infrastructure and inefficient management practices, finds report
The survey followed almost 4000 first-year students taking introductory physics courses at four US universities
Read article: Almost 70% of US students with an interest in physics leave the subject, finds survey
Female scientists tend to work in more tightly connected groups than men, which can negatively impact their careers
Read article: Researchers with a large network of unique collaborators have longer careers, finds study
The Baltic nation is now the 24th member state of the Geneva-based particle-physics lab
Read article: Estonia becomes first Baltic state to join CERN
A group of anonymous whistleblowers say that Fermilab is in 'crisis' and needs a management shake-up
Read article: Fermilab is ‘doomed’ without management overhaul claims whistleblower report
The algorithms are designed to withstand the attack of a quantum computer
Read article: NIST publishes first set of ‘finalized’ post-quantum encryption standards
