Read article: South African robotic telescope to begin search for the afterglow of cosmic events
The BOOTES6 optical telescope will measure the brightness of transient sources when it starts up in mid-July
Read article: CERN’s Large Hadron Collider gears up for Run 3
Engineers will now begin increasing the luminosity before first collisions in June
Read article: China’s premier particle collider set for major upgrade
Scientists in China have begun a transformation of the Beijing Electron Positron Collider that could pave the way for a future Higgs factory
Read article: MANDELA nuclear-physics laboratories open in South Africa
The two new labs will be used to train students and develop novel nuclear-physics detector technology.
Read article: Panel calls on physicists to ‘shelve’ notion of Japan hosting the International Linear Collider
Proposed particle physics experiment must be re-evaluated before being given the go-ahead
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: Going global: the world the Web has wrought
Michael Riordan reveals how physicists and programmers played important roles in shaping the current wave of globalization
Read article: Sirius shines a light on the future of Brazilian science
Harry Westfahl Jr is the lab director of Sirius, a fourth-generation storage ring light source at the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory
Read article: Major US and European labs join forces to tackle climate change
Top research centres announce they will co-ordinate climate-related research as well as share ways to reduce their carbon footprint
Read article: Why the UK should build its own X-ray free electron laser
Physicists Adam Kirrander and Jon Marangos are backing a proposal to build the UK’s first X-ray free electron laser
