SKA: Construction to begin on world’s biggest telescope
One of the grand scientific projects of the 21st Century begins its construction phase on Monday. Read more
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Australia winds back national interest test for research grants
Critics claim victory as assessment of research benefits is handed back to the experts Read more
Feds award scholars $576K to battle medical ‘misinformation’ in black communities
A trio of science communicators from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Life Sciences Communication were recently awarded $576,061 by the National Science Foundation to help them “combat science-related misinformation and misperceptions” in black communities. Read more
Foreign Office vetting deterring top scientists from UK, Royal Society warns
The best international scientists are being deterred from heading to the UK due to a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) vetting scheme that is leaving researchers in limbo for months, the Royal Society has warned. Read more
James Webb telescope’s ghostly ‘Pillars of Creation’
Why satisfy yourself with one course when you can have a double helping? Read more
Department of Energy to require diversity-equity plan in all science research grants
All researchers seeking grants through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science will soon be required to submit a diversity, equity and inclusion plan to receive funding, the agency recently announced. Read more
Lab-grown brain cells play video game Pong
Researchers have grown brain cells in a lab that have learned to play the 1970s tennis-like video game, Pong. Read more
Click chemistry pioneers win Nobel prize
Trailblazers of a molecule linking technique honoured, including one who becomes a laureate for the second time Read more
Nobel Prize goes to Svante Paabo for Neanderthal work
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has gone to Sweden's Svante Paabo for his work on human evolution. Read more
Asia likely to follow U.S. on Open Access
Asian research powerhouses will introduce open-access mandates within the next “two to three” years, experts have predicted, in the wake of last month’s landmark order by the Biden administration. Read more
