Read article: High-energy physics: are the days of international collaboration coming to an end?
Michael Riordan worries that the glory days of international co-operation in particle physics could be endangered following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Read article: US philanthropic organizations spend over $30bn a year on science
Study finds that philanthropic funding in the US is now on a par with that of major government funding bodies
Read article: Applied physicist Arati Prabhakar becomes first female US science adviser
Prabhakar is also the first immigrant and person of colour to take up the role
Read article: Netherlands invests €1.1bn in the photonic-chip industry
The cash will be used to create hundreds of photonic start-up companies and scale up photonic-chip production
Read article: Arab Physical Society hosts inaugural event to celebrate founding
Online meeting includes talks by world-leading physicists including three Nobel-prize winners
Read article: Ukraine crisis: updates on the response from the physics and astronomy community
Russia is facing increasing international isolation following its invasion of Ukraine
Read article: US Department of Justice reframes controversial China Initiative
The US’s China Initiative has been expanded to focus not only on individual scientists with links to China but also on other foreign governments
Read article: Russian scientists condemn Ukraine invasion as international projects and meetings thrown into doubt
More than 650 Russian scientists sign an open letter calling the war with Ukraine “unfair and senseless”
Read article: Eric Lander resignation leads to controversial split of US presidential science adviser role
Francis Collins becomes the interim US science adviser while Alondra Nelson will head the Office of Science and Technology Policy
Read article: Achieving success in research collaborations, celebrating the UN International Year of Glass
This podcast looks at glass in physics and how to create a research dream team
