Sarah Wild

1 month ago | physicsworld.com | Sarah Wild

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory has released the first images from its partially built low-frequency telescope in Australia, known as SKA-Low. The new SKA-Low image was created using 1024 two-metre-high antennas. It shows an area of the sky that would be obscured by a person’s clenched fist held at arm’s length. Observed at 150MHz to 175 MHz, the image contains 85 of the brightest known galaxies in that region, each with a black hole at their centre.

1 month ago | nature.com | Sarah Wild

This Nature Q&A series celebrates people who fight racism in science and who champion inclusion. It also highlights initiatives that could be applied to other scientific workplaces. During his PhD in the United States, computer scientist Vukosi Marivate discovered both the power of inclusive spaces and the sense of isolation created by non-diverse gatherings.

1 month ago | physicsworld.com | Sarah Wild

When it starts taking scientific data in 2028, the Square Kilometre Array Observatory promises to be the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope.

Jan 6, 2025 | nature.com | Sarah Wild

In 2003, Wendy Dossett chaired an international symposium at a UK university. “I don’t remember chairing it. I know that I did, but I don’t remember anything that happened,” she says. At the time, she did not think that she had an alcohol problem. “I thought I could not possibly be an alcoholic — I had a PhD, I was holding down a high-pressure academic job, I didn’t fit the image of what an alcoholic is,” she remembers.

Nov 7, 2024 | nature.com | Sarah Wild

Researchers have voiced concerns after South Africa updated its health-research ethics guidelines to include a new section on heritable (or germline) human genome editing. Scientists say this could put the nation one step closer to accepting the controversial technique — which involves introducing genetic changes to sperm, eggs or embryos, such that the modifications will be passed down through successive generations.