Read article: NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission slammed by independent review panel
NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission slammed by independent review panel
Independent Review Board finds 2028 launch date “impossible” to meet
Read article: NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission slammed by independent review panel
Read article: Astrophysicist James Binney bags 2023 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
Astrophysicist James Binney bags 2023 Isaac Newton Medal and Prize
Binney’s research has focused on the structure, dynamics and formation of galaxies
Read article: NASA launches $1.2bn Psyche asteroid mission
NASA launches $1.2bn Psyche asteroid mission
Craft will study an unusual metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
Read article: Physicist Narges Mohammadi awarded Nobel Peace Prize for human-rights work
Physicist Narges Mohammadi awarded Nobel Peace Prize for human-rights work
Mohammadi bagged the award “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all"
Read article: Quantum dot pioneers win Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Quantum dot pioneers win Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Moungi Bawendi, Louis Brus and Alexei Ekimov share the 2023 prize
Read article: Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier win 2023 Nobel Prize for Physics
Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier win 2023 Nobel Prize for Physics
Trio wins for work in attosecond science
Read article: Royal Society launches fellowships to support Black scientists
Royal Society launches fellowships to support Black scientists
Pilot programme aims to address under-representation through funding and mentoring support
Read article: Percentage of disabled physicists in the UK has halved in one year, finds survey
Percentage of disabled physicists in the UK has halved in one year, finds survey
The percentage of people with a disability is also lower in physics than it is in the chemical and biological sciences
Read article: Female PhD students miss out on chance to become inventors, finds study
Female PhD students miss out on chance to become inventors, finds study
Women in technical PhD programmes are given less hands-on experience in patenting and commercial science compared to their male counterparts
Read article: Delight as UK strikes deal to join the EU’s flagship Horizon Europe funding programme
Delight as UK strikes deal to join the EU’s flagship Horizon Europe funding programme
The UK will also join the EU’s Copernicus Earth-observation programme but not its Euratom fusion initiative
