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Harvard University sues Trump administration as attacks on US science deepen

Harvard University is the suing the US government over its plan to block up to $9bn of government research grants to the institution

Researchers claim Trump administration is conducting ‘a wholesale assault on science’

Some 1900 members of the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have signed an open letter condemning the policies introduced by Donald Trump

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James McKenzie: how I knew the writing was on the wall for our rival’s lighting technology

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Disabled people in science need paradigm shift in support, says report

Report by the National Association of Disabled Staff Networks calls for changing attitudes towards people with disabilities

Allegations of sexual misconduct have immediate impact on perpetrator’s citations, finds study

Study finds that scientists accused of sexual misconduct see a significant and immediate impact on citations

Protests at the US March for Science on 7 March

US science rues ongoing demotion of research under President Trump

US science continues to be hit hard by budget and staff cuts

Physicists in Serbia begin strike action in support of student protests

Strike action today is in response to alleged government corruption and social injustice

Seen a paper changed without notification? Study reveals the growing trend of ‘stealth corrections’

Researchers claim scientific integrity is threatened when post-publication changes are made without a public notice

Fusion physicist Ian Chapman to head UK Research and Innovation

Chapman will replace biologist Ottoline Leyser who steps down in June

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Gianluigi Botton: maintaining the Diamond synchrotron’s cutting edge

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Keith Burnett: ‘I have this absolute commitment that the broader we are, the more powerful physics will be’

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China’s High Energy Photon Source prepares to light up the world

Robert P Crease visits what is set to be the most advanced fourth-generation synchrotron-light source

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Demonstrators march for science in New York City

Robert P Crease surveys the scene at the Stand Up for Science rally in New York on 7 March

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Margaret Harris reports back about LHC upgrades, antimatter advances and future colliders

Donald Trump at a White House press briefing in February 2025

US science faces unprecedented difficulties under the Trump administration

Matin Durrani looks at the fall out following Donald Trump's re-election as US president

US science in chaos as impact of Trump’s executive orders sinks in

US science hit by staff layoffs, slashed budgets, axed diversity programmes and cancelled conferences

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Reliability science takes centre stage with new interdisciplinary journal

Journal of Reliability Science and Engineering will be published by IOP Publishing and the Institute of Systems Engineering of China Academy of Engineering Physics

Why electrochemistry lies at the heart of modern technology

Our podcast guest is Colm O’Dwyer, president of the Electrochemical Society

IOP president Keith Burnett outlines a ‘pivotal’ year ahead for UK physics

A failure to support physics and physics-based industries could result in missed opportunities, says Burnett

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New Journal of Physics seeks to expand its horizons

NJP editor-in-chief Andreas Buchleitner discusses how the journal is looking to boost its coverage across all areas of physics

Trump nominates AI experts for key science positions

The appointments of Michael Kratsios and Lynne Parker have been broadly welcomed by the scientific community

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