What the US Election Result Means for Science
Science Editor Lily Sheperd discusses the effect fo the US election on science
Why Nvidia’s ARM Acquisition Should Be Blocked
Tech Writer Shrey Bohra thinks Nvidia should not be allowed to acquire ARM, in detriment to European tech industry and security
UK’s latest fusion reactor, MAST Upgrade, boots up
Most recent iteration of UK's fusion reactor successfully ignited for the first time
Police given access to test & trace data
Test & trace data has been (on a case-by-case basis) provided to the police, to help ensure that those legally required to self-isolate are indeed doing so.
The logistics of vaccine distribution
Despite current estimates of a vaccine being approved by early 2021, distribution can take months meaning restrictions may not end until late next year.
This year’s female Nobel laureates – leading a paradigm shift?
It is evident that even with this year’s evolution in the recognition of women’s achievements, the Nobel prizes are still a bastion of inequality.
Representation matters: The Blackett Lab Family on creating a sense of belonging
The Blackett Lab Family is a growing collective of UK based Black physicists. In doing so, we hope to fundamentally diversify the perception of physics and physicists within the Black community and the wider scientific community
Further evidence that oil company ExxonMobil misled the public on climate change
Harvard University researchers have responded to the oil and gas giant’s criticism of their 2017 peer-reviewed analysis, which showed that ExxonMobil has misled the public about the severity of climate change.
European Space Agency gets on board with NASA’s exploration of the moon
The ESA has announced almost €3 billion of investment into “the robotic and human exploration of the Solar System”
NASA probe successfully collects asteroid sample for Earth return
On Tuesday evening at 23:12 BST, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx probe made brief contact with the near-Earth asteroid Bennu to successfully collect a sample of rocks and dust for study upon its return to Earth.
How (not) to respond to a pandemic – Part Two
The decision to institute a national lockdown in the UK in response to the coronavirus pandemic, announced via televised address on the 23rd March, came far too late.
Elon Musk’s Starlink “mega-constellation” and the impact of the commercial use of space
A network of potentially 42,000 mini satellites providing high-speed internet to the entire planet is the end goal of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink programme.