Read article: Nuclear physics gets a stepping stone to the ‘island of stability’ Particles and interactions Research update Nuclear physics gets a stepping stone to the ‘island of stability’ First direct mass measurement of a trans-uranium element
Read article: A new view of our volatile star Telescopes and space missions Research update A new view of our volatile star NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory will improve our understanding of the changing Sun
Read article: Warm white dwarfs could reveal ‘inelastic’ dark matter Telescopes and space missions Research update Warm white dwarfs could reveal ‘inelastic’ dark matter Dark matter would keep the stars from getting too cold, calculations show
Read article: Law and the end of the world Philosophy, sociology and religion Feature Law and the end of the world Edwin Cartlidge examines the case of a US lawyer who believes that the courts must step in if required to halt experiments like the Large Hadron Collider
Read article: Calculations point to massive quark stars Stars and solar physics Research update Calculations point to massive quark stars Exotic bodies might be easier to spot than previously thought
Read article: Pulsar bursts move ‘faster than light’ Telescopes and space missions Research update Pulsar bursts move ‘faster than light’ Anomalous dispersion seen for the first time in space
Read article: Priority battles Policy and funding Opinion and reviews Priority battles A dozen years after it was found, the priority dispute over who discovered dark energy lingers on, says Robert P Crease
Read article: CDMS gives possible evidence for dark matter Telescopes and space missions Research update CDMS gives possible evidence for dark matter Two 'events' silence the rumour mill
Read article: ‘Electroweak’ stars predicted Stars and solar physics Research update ‘Electroweak’ stars predicted New kind of star would burn quarks and generate neutrinos
Read article: Higgs could reveal itself in dark-matter collisions Dark matter and energy Research update Higgs could reveal itself in dark-matter collisions Searching for the Higgs? Forget the LHC and look to space
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