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US science in chaos as impact of Trump's executive orders sinks in – Physics World

US science hit by staff layoffs, slashed budgets, axed diversity programmes and cancelled conferences

Science thrives on constructive and respectful peer review – Physics World

Unhelpful or rude feedback can shake the confidence of early career researchers

Ursula Le Guin: the pioneering author we should thank for popularizing Schrödinger’s cat – Physics World

Robert P Crease on why we can thank Ursula Le Guin for popularizing Schrödinger’s cat

Nobel laureate Arno Penzias dies at 90; helped find traces of Big Bang

Along with a Bell Labs colleague, he conducted groundbreaking work widely considered fundamental to one of the landmark discoveries of modern science.

Arno Penzias: Nobel laureate who co-discovered 'echo of Big Bang' dies aged 90 – Physics World

His work led to the discovery of the cosmic microwave background

Simon Fraser University researchers involved in major international antimatter breakthrough

Antimatter is tied up in one of the world’s greatest mysteries. Physics predicts that when we create matter, we also create equal amounts of antimatter. Yet there seems to be almost no antimatter in our universe, a fact that has long puzzled physicists. Now, physicists at Simon Fraser University, the University of Calgary, TRIUMF, the University of British Columbia, York University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology and research institutions from around the world have just answered a long-standing question that will lead to a deeper understanding of antimatter: Does it fall down? Or does it fall up? The Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus (ALPHA) collaboration at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, completed the first direct measurement of gravity’s effect on the motion of antimatter using its new ALPHA-g apparatus.

UK spaceports: the good, the bad and the ugly – Physics World

Benjamin Skuse looks at how the UK space industry may, or may not, benefit from the rise of local spaceports