Policy and funding News UK could lose almost 50% of European funding in a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, warns report Subcommittee of the House of Lords says that replacing lost European funding from the Horizon 2020 programme represents a “formidable” challenge
Policy and funding News ‘Dismay’ as cuts hit major UK PhD training programme Confusion as many top performing Centres for Doctoral Training are discontinued without explanation
Policy and funding News US research agencies prepare for new government shutdown National Science Foundation says it is working on ways to keep research facilities open if another shutdown hits on 15 February
Policy and funding News Government shutdown begins to bite US science More than 300 researchers forced to shelve plans to attend this week's American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle
Policy and funding Careers Once a physicist: Paul Bate Paul Bate works on a healthcare app and has previously been a science adviser for the UK government
Policy and funding Interview Celebrating 50 years of the European Physical Society From Brexit to basic research, European Physical Society president Rüdiger Voss on the challenges and opportunities for the continent's physicists
Policy and funding News US Congress set to welcome eight new members with scientific credentials The success of the first-time candidates will roughly double the number of scientifically trained members in Congress
Quantum Interview Next steps for quantum communication Senior scientists share views on the future of the field, its technologies and how it should be supported
Policy and funding Blog Beneath the glamour, tough questions at the launch of Europe’s Quantum Flagship Members of Europe's quantum-science community debate the nature of "basic science" and whether a billion euros constitutes a big enough investment
Education and outreach Opinion and reviews The future for learned societies Paul Hardaker, chief executive of the Institute of Physics, on the vital but changing remit for learned societies