Read article: NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off more than 500 employees
“Challenging” cuts due to issues with space agency’s flagship Mars Sample Return mission
Read article: Major physics publishers join forces to announce ‘purpose-led’ publishing initiative
AIP, APS and IOP Publishing claim that “science is our only shareholder”
Read article: European Space Agency gives construction go-ahead for LISA gravitational-wave mission
Estimated to cost €1.5bn, LISA is expected to launch in 2035
Read article: Ambrogio Fasoli: new European fusion boss wants a demonstration fusion plant
Ambrogio Fasoli, head of EUROfusion, tells Senne Starckx that Europe must ramp up its efforts towards demonstrating commercial fusion
Read article: Japan’s lunar lander falls head over heels for the Moon
JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon is currently in standby unable to generate power
Read article: Arno Penzias: Nobel laureate who co-discovered ‘echo of Big Bang’ dies aged 90
His work led to the discovery of the cosmic microwave background
Read article: UK’s Turing Scheme student exchange programme found to be inadequate
Report comes as thousands sign petition to rejoin European Union’s Erasmus+ exchange scheme
Read article: Baidu and Alibaba plan to quit quantum computing research
Chinese tech giants announce they are abandoning quantum research
Read article: OncoRay launches world’s first whole-body MRI-guided proton therapy system
This week saw the inauguration of the first research prototype for MRI-guided proton therapy
Read article: US Peregrine lunar lander suffers propellent leak following launch
Soft landing on the Moon now not possible following ruptured fuel tank
