Below are most of the articles I’ve written, in descending chronological order. A journalist’s CV, if you will.
More than 18,000 questionable images found in antibody catalogues of 15 companies – Nature
Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades – Nature
Controversial White House plan to overhaul US science funding faces Senate opposition – Nature
Underdog ‘spin qubits’ leap forward in race to a useful quantum computer – Nature
White House rolls out AI funding — and signals a new era for US science – Nature (with Kaia Glickman)
Smuggling charges against NIH virologists trigger political uproar – Nature
US politicians push agencies to restrict research collaboration with China – Nature (with Mohana Basu)
NSF plans cuts to core science programmes to fund White House initiative – Nature
The search for dark matter has been blown wide open – MIT Tech Review
NSF imposes stricter conflict-of-interest rules for grant-review panels – Science
White House proposes vast overhaul of US science funding: what you need to know – Nature
Science sleuths uncover more than 100 suspicious images in Thermo Fisher antibody catalogue – Nature
Exclusive: NSF puts new research grants to top universities on hold – Nature
US biology lab locked down for more than a week amid smuggling inquiry – Nature
Democratic lawmakers demand Trump explain—and reverse—termination of NSF’s governing board – Science
US lawmakers vote to reject Trump’s massive science-budget cuts — but call for substantial decreases – Nature
Key US science panels are being axed — and others are becoming less open – Nature (with Max Kozlov and Alex Witze)
Entire NSF science advisory board fired by Trump administration – Nature
Delays have kept new NSF grants to a trickle — that could be about to change – Nature
NSF awards record number of coveted PhD fellowships in surprise move – Nature
Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration – Nature (with Max Kozlov and Edward Chen)
Trump’s new science advisers include 12 technology chiefs — and one academic – Nature
Elusive ‘nuclear clocks’ tick closer to reality — after decades in the making – Nature
White House stalls release of approved US science budgets – Nature (with Max Kozlov and Alex Witze)
Biotech investor set to lead US National Science Foundation – Nature (with Max Kozlov)
Trump team’s new rule could make firing government scientists easier – Nature
Epstein files reveal deeper ties to scientists than previously known – Nature
Congress set to cut basic defense science funding – Science
US science after a year of Trump – Nature (with Jeff Tollefson and Max Kozlov and Kim Albrecht)
US science in 2026: five themes that will dominate Trump’s second year – Nature (with Jeff Tollefson and Max Kozlov)
NSF softens grant-review rules to cope with backlog – Nature
Science sleuths raise concerns about scores of bioengineering papers – Nature
The US government shutdown is over: what’s next for scientists – Nature (with Jeff Tollefson and Alex Witze)
International PhD student numbers in US hold steady — for now – Nature
Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics – Quanta
Google Explores Quantum Chaos on Its Most Powerful Quantum Computer Chip – Scientific American
How scientists are pushing back against Trump’s funding ‘deal’ for universities – Nature (with Jenna Ahart and Alex Witze)
Scientists lose jobs and grants as US government shutdown takes a toll – Nature (with Jenna Ahart, Max Kozlov, Alex Witze, Heidi Ledford, Jeff Tollefson, and Traci Watson)
How the Physics Nobel Recognized Quantum Weirdness and Avoided Hype – Scientific American
This US government shutdown is different: what it means for science – Nature
The great university shake-up: four charts show how global higher education is changing – Nature
Harvard vs Trump: millions in grant money begin trickling back to scientists – Nature
Scientists take on Trump: these researchers are fighting back – Nature (with Max Kozlov and Heidi Ledford)
Trump called for ‘gold-standard science’: how the NIH, NSF and others are answering – Nature (with Jeff Tollefson and Max Kozlov)
US Supreme Court allows NIH to cut $2 billion in research grants – Nature (with Max Kozlov)
Controversial quantum-computing paper gets hefty correction — but concerns linger – Nature
Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants – Nature
NSF and NIH suspend grants to UCLA – Science
Superheated gold stays solid well past its predicted melting point – Nature
Embattled US scientific society names palaeontologist for top job – Nature (with Jeff Tollefson)
US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts – Nature (with Alex Witze)
Turmoil at US science academy as Trump cuts force layoffs – Nature (with Jeff Tollefson)
Trump moves to slash NSF: why are the proposed budget cuts so big? – Nature
Trump’s call for ‘gold-standard science’ has prompted an outcry: here’s why – Nature (with Jeff Tollefson)
Harvard researchers devastated as Trump team cuts nearly 1,000 grants – Nature
NSF plan to slash ‘indirect’ science funding: will it stick? – Nature
Trump proposes unprecedented budget cuts to US science – Nature (with Max Kozlov, Jeff Tollefson, & Alexandra Witze)
Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones – Nature
Will US science survive Trump 2.0? – Nature (with Heidi Ledford & Jeff Tollefson)
Hundreds more NSF grants terminated after agency director resigns – Nature
How Trump’s attack on universities is putting research in peril – Nature (with Jeff Tollefson & Alexandra Witze)
Exclusive: Trump team freezes new NSF awards — and could soon axe hundreds of grants – Nature
‘Totally broken’: how Trump 2.0 has paralysed work at US science agencies – Nature (with Jeff Tollefson)
Five key climate and space projects on Trump’s chopping block – Nature (with Jeff Tollefson & Alexandra Witze)
NSF slashes prestigious PhD fellowship awards by half – Nature
Four Ways Engineers Are Trying to Break Physics – IEEE Spectrum
How Trump is following Project 2025’s radical roadmap to defund science – Nature
Microsoft quantum-computing claim still lacks evidence: physicists are dubious – Nature
Microsoft quantum computing ‘breakthrough’ faces fresh challenge – Nature
Trump team orders huge government lay-offs: how science could fare – Nature (Max Kozlov & Jeff Tollefson)
US universities curtail PhD admissions amid Trump science funding cuts – Nature
Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next – Nature (with Max Kozlov, Jeff Tollefson, & Alexandra Witze)
Quantum Simulation Shows How Universe-Destroying ‘Bubbles’ Could Grow – Scientific American
‘Devastating’ cuts to NIH grants by Trump’s team put on hold by US judge – Nature (with Max Kozlov & Heidi Ledford)
Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders – Nature (with Max Kozlov)
Chaos erupts in US science as Trump’s team declares freeze on federal grants – Nature (with Max Kozlov)
What Trump’s flurry of executive orders means for science – Nature (with Max Kozlov & Jeff Tollefson)
Trump’s science advisers: how they could influence his second presidency – Nature (with Jeff Tollefson)
Google’s Quantum Computer Makes a Major Breakthrough in Error Correction – Scientific American
Superconductivity researcher who committed misconduct exits university – Nature
Don’t Panic. AI Isn’t Coming to End Scientific Exploration – Scientific American
Google uncovers how quantum computers can beat today’s best supercomputers – Nature
Quantum feat: physicists observe entangled quarks for first time – Nature
Publishing nightmare: a researcher’s quest to keep his own work from being plagiarized – Nature
Superconductivity paper spurs dispute as field reels from earlier scandal – Nature
How cutting-edge computer chips are speeding up the AI revolution – Nature
A Bose–Einstein condensate of dipolar molecules – Physics Today
Physicists Puzzle Over Emergence of Strange Electron Aggregates – Quanta
Judge dismisses superconductivity physicist’s lawsuit against university – Nature
Exclusive: official investigation reveals how superconductivity physicist faked blockbuster results – Nature
Weird new electron behaviour in stacked graphene thrills physicists – Nature
Superconductivity scandal: the inside story of deception in a rising star’s physics lab – Nature
Inside the hunt for new physics at the world’s largest particle collider – MIT Technology Review
Leading US particle-physics lab faces uncertain future – Nature
Superconductivity debunker: this physicist exposed flaws in a blockbuster claim – Nature
Road Map for U.S. Particle Physics Wins Broad Approval – Scientific American
This Year’s Physics Nobel Awards Scientists for Slicing Reality into Attoseconds – Scientific American
Another retraction looms for embattled physicist behind blockbuster superconductivity claims – News from Science
Particle Physicists Dream of a Muon Collider – Scientific American
LK-99 isn’t a superconductor — how science sleuths solved the mystery – Nature
Muon Mystery Deepens with Latest Measurements – Scientific American
Claimed superconductor LK-99 is an online sensation — but replication efforts fall short – Nature
Viral New Superconductivity Claims Leave Many Scientists Skeptical – Scientific American
‘A very disturbing picture’: another retraction imminent for controversial physicist – Nature
Plagiarism allegations pursue physicist behind stunning superconductivity claims – News from Science
Jim Hartle, 1939-2023 – APS News
How Order Emerges in Bendy Beam Bunches – Physics Magazine
Gravitational-Wave Search Resumes after Three Years and Lots of Headaches – Scientific American
Five years of superconductivity in magic-angle graphene – Physics Today
This Summer, Particle Physicists Will Prioritize Projects for the Field’s Future – APS News
Allegations of Scientific Misconduct Mount as Physicist Makes His Biggest Claim Yet – Physics Magazine
April 1986: Bednorz and Müller Trigger Avalanche of High-Temperature Superconductivity Research – APS News
Experiment resolves long-standing iron-spectrum discrepancy – Physics Today
Meenakshi Narain, 1964-2023 – APS News
January 1976: From the “Oops-Leon” to the Upsilon Particle – APS News
November 1964: John Stewart Bell Quietly Rings in New Era of Quantum Theory – APS News
Cuprate superconductivity mechanism may be coming into focus – Physics Today
The Universe Is Not Locally Real, and the Physics Nobel Prize Winners Proved It – Scientific American
October 1956: Lee and Yang Crack the Mirror of Parity – APS News
Quantum Physics Titans Win Breakthrough Prize – Scientific American
September 2002: Schön Scandal Report is Released – APS News
Optical Vortex Sizes Up Nanoparticles – Physics Magazine
AI Language Models Are Struggling to “Get” Math – IEEE Spectrum
Machine Learning Shaking Up Hard Sciences, Too – IEEE Spectrum
Precision Nuclear Probes for New Physics – Physics Magazine
John Schiffer, 1930-2022 – APS News
What Is the Future of Quantum-Proof Encryption? – IEEE Spectrum
Physicists Struggle to Unite around Future Plans – Scientific American
July 1887: James Blyth Harnesses the Wind for Electricity – APS News
The Era of Higgs Physics – Physics Magazine
What Is Quantum Entanglement? – IEEE Spectrum
Large Hadron Collider Seeks New Particles after Major Upgrade – Scientific American
Elementary Particle’s Unexpected Heft Stuns Physicists – Scientific American
Tom Gaisser, 1940-2022 – APS News
Euler’s 243-Year-Old ‘Impossible’ Puzzle Gets a Quantum Solution – Quanta
Michael Fisher 1931-2021 – APS News
Myriam Sarachik 1933-2021 – APS News
ArXiv.org Reaches a Milestone and a Reckoning – Scientific American
Laser Propagating through Air Sets Stability Record – Physics Magazine
How Much Has Quantum Computing Actually Advanced? – IEEE Spectrum
Neutron Lifetime Measurement Could Help Probes of the Standard Model – APS News
Self-Driving Microscopes to Navigate the Nanoscale – IEEE Spectrum
December 1945: Introduction of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 – APS News
October 1972: Publication of Discovery of Superfluid Helium-3 – APS News
Why the Physics Nobel Honored Climate Science and Complex Systems – Scientific American
Surface Effect Contributes to Small Structures’ Surprising Strength – Physics Magazine
Has Fusion Really Had Its “Wright Brothers” Moment? – IEEE Spectrum
Steven Weinberg 1933-2021 – APS News
Why Magnetic Monopoles SHOULD Exist – PBS Spacetime (script)
Windbreaks May Improve Wind Farm Power – Physics Magazine
China Is Pulling Ahead in Global Quantum Race, New Studies Suggest – Scientific American
Neil Ashcroft 1938-2021 – APS News
Scientists Supersize Quantum Effects with Entangled Drum Duet – Scientific American
Why the Muon g-2 Results Are So Exciting! – PBS Spacetime (script)
Long-Awaited Muon Measurement Boosts Evidence for New Physics – Scientific American
The second quantum revolution – symmetry
Are leptons all alike? – symmetry
Unexplained Results Intrigue Physicists at World’s Largest Particle Collider – Scientific American
Can Future Colliders Break the Standard Model? – PBS Spacetime (script)
Building Black Holes in a Lab – PBS Spacetime (script)
Physicists Need to Be More Careful with How They Name Things – Scientific American
Intel, Microsoft and Google’s quest to control complex quantum computers – Protocol
Jack Steinberger 1921-2020 – APS News
Light-Based Quantum Computer Exceeds Fastest Classical Supercomputers – Scientific American
The many paths of muon math – symmetry
Solving Quantum Cryptography – PBS Spacetime (script)
Nobel Prize Work Took Black Holes from Fantasy to Fact – Scientific American
Possibility of Dark Bosons Entices Physicists – Scientific American
Compression of Tumors Causes Drug Resistance – Physics Magazine
Higgs Boson Gives Next-Generation Particle Its Heft – Scientific American
‘Schrödinger’s Web’ offers a sneak peek at the quantum internet – Science News
Navigating with Quantum Entanglement – PBS Spacetime (script)
How to Measure Superheavy Spectra – Physics Magazine
The Era of Anomalies – Physics Magazine
Quantum computers won’t break encryption just yet – Protocol
Physics Departments Ditch the GRE in Bid for Equity – APS News
Name Drop – Literary Review of Canada
Direct Proof of Dark Matter May Lurk at Low-Energy Frontiers – Scientific American
Pi in the Sky: General Relativity Passes the Ratio’s Test – Scientific American
In memoriam: Philip Anderson – Santa Fe Institute
In YouTube ‘Edutainment,’ Minimal Control for Scientific Accuracy – Undark
Japan Inches Forward with Plans to Host Next Big Particle Collider – Scientific American
MICE Cold: Collaboration Demonstrates Muon Ionization Cooling – Scientific American
Cornell’s Prototype Low-Energy Particle Accelerator Completes Key Test – IEEE Spectrum
Li-Fi Scrubs Into the Operating Room – IEEE Spectrum
Quantum Computer Made from Photons Achieves a New Record – Scientific American
Google AI beats top human players at strategy game StarCraft II – Nature
Smartphone Data Show Voters in Black Neighborhoods Wait Longer – Scientific American
Nobel awarded for theoretical cosmology, exoplanet discovery – symmetry
Preprints Make Inroads Outside of Physics – APS News
Gravity’s waterfall – symmetry
“Qutrit” Experiments Are a First in Quantum Teleportation – Scientific American
A vigil about the true cost of family separation – High Country News
Diversifying Peer Review by Adding Junior Scientists – Undark
John Robert Schrieffer 1931-2019 – APS News
Murray Gell-Mann 1929-2019 – APS News
The potential of plasma wakefield acceleration – symmetry
African Light Source Garners Critical Political Backing – APS News
Physicists create a quantum refrigerator that cools with an absence of light – News from Science
Microscopic Theory for Peeling Tape – Physics Magazine
Sound ways — literally — to move and filter things – Science News for Students
Shoucheng Zhang 1963-2018 – APS News
This bionic mushroom makes electricity – Science News for Students
Silver nanoparticles help fight brain-eating amoebas – Science News for Students
The Unexpected Upsides of the Hole in Fire Island – Hakai
Leon Lederman 1922-2018 – APS News
Meet the speedsters of the plant world – Science News
Heat waves are roasting reefs, but some corals may be resilient – Science News
Birds get their internal compass from this newly ID’d eye protein – Science News
To hear the beat, your brain may think about moving to it – Science News
The wiring for walking developed long before fish left the sea – Science News
Baby macaques are the first primates to be cloned like Dolly the Sheep – Science News
Massive dust storms are robbing Mars of its water – Science News
Pollution is endangering the future of astronomy – Science News
Why Cassini Is Ending Its Life with a Kamikaze Plunge – Nautilus
Astronomy Has Just Gained a New Sense – Nautilus
Conjuring ghost trains for safety – symmetry
Researchers face engineering puzzle – symmetry
A new model for standards – symmetry
This Crystal Mimics Learning and Forgetting – Nautilus
Quirks of the arXiv – symmetry
A brief etymology of particle physics - symmetry
Mobile Neutrino Lab makes its debut – symmetry
QuarkNet brings particle physics to African schoolrooms – Fermilab News
Awards will fund quantum sensor technology for dark matter searches – Fermilab News
Looking back: communication at Fermilab over 50 years – Fermilab News
Sleuths use bubbles to look for WIMPs - symmetry
