Shining bright: fast radio bursts and more from an award-winning astronomy couple
It’s rare in science to win a major prize worth more than $1m – and even rarer to win one that big with someone who’s your partner. But that’s what happened to Maura McLaughlin and Duncan Lorimer, who were awarded the 2023 Shaw Prize in Astronomy for their breakthroughs in radio astronomy, as you can find out in this issue’s cover feature. Also this month, Keith Burnett outlines his vision as president of the Institute of Physics, while James McKenzie celebrates the applications of graphene 20 years after it was first isolated.
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