Opinion
Presidential pledges
Jan 5, 2012 5 comments
Robert P Crease proposes pledges to help voters to evaluate US presidential candidates
Let there be a year of light
Dec 15, 2011 1 comment
Luisa Cifarelli calls for 2015 to be the International Year of Light
The brave new-media world
Nov 10, 2011 1 comment
Chad Orzel says physicists have to get used to doing science in the open
Mikhail who?
Nov 3, 2011 3 comments
Robert P Crease marks the tercentenary of Russia's scientific father
How big is your footprint?
Oct 12, 2011 1 comment
Phil Marshall says the onus is on physicists to reduce their own carbon footprint
Evaluations evaluated
Oct 6, 2011
Robert P Crease reports on your suggestions for evaluating PhD candidates
Neutrons for the future at the Institut Laue-Langevin
Sep 22, 2011 1 comment
Andrew Harrison talks about how the Grenoble lab hopes to maintain its world-class position
Ultracold neutrons probe the particle-physics frontier
Sep 8, 2011 4 comments
Peter Geltenbort and Oliver Zimmer describe the exotic neutron physics done at ILL
The end of astronomy's golden age?
Sep 6, 2011 4 comments
Garth Illingworth warns that cancelling the James Webb Space Telescope will harm US astronomy
Leading by example
Sep 1, 2011 1 comment
Robert P Crease pays tribute to President Bush's late science adviser John Marburger
Vacuum chief looks to new horizons
Aug 22, 2011
J J Pireaux explains how IUVSTA is reaching out to developing nations
The real impact of impact
Jun 30, 2011 2 comments
Mark Blamire warns of the danger of forcing physicists to prove their work has "impact"
So long, Tevatron
Jun 23, 2011
Fermilab physicist Chris Quigg reflects on the decision to close the Tevatron
Closing in on dark matter
Jun 16, 2011 4 comments
Audio interview with Fermilab's Dan Hooper about dark-matter theories and the prospects for discovery