Stars and solar physics Research update ‘Electroweak’ stars predicted New kind of star would burn quarks and generate neutrinos Read article: ‘Electroweak’ stars predicted
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 Read article: Higgs could reveal itself in dark-matter collisions
Policy and funding News Budget deficit threatens Japanese science Scientists braced for severe cuts to the country’s research programme Read article: Budget deficit threatens Japanese science
Particles and interactions Research update First neutrinos for Japanese lab Tokai-to-Kamioka experiment will study neutrino oscillations Read article: First neutrinos for Japanese lab
Particles and interactions Research update LHC speeds towards collisions Beams circulated simultaneously at the LHC Read article: LHC speeds towards collisions
Telescopes and space missions Research update Laser recreates X-rays emitted by a black hole Lab-based experiment could further our understanding of black holes and neutron stars Read article: Laser recreates X-rays emitted by a black hole
Telescopes and space missions Research update IBEX spies a ribbon at the edge of the solar system First all-sky maps confound astrophysicists Read article: IBEX spies a ribbon at the edge of the solar system
Dark matter and energy Interview Prince of darkness Nuclear astrophysicist Alex Murphy shares his views on the nature of dark matter and gets excited over the forthcoming restart of the ZEPLIN III detector
Gravity Research update Is dark matter mostly ‘dark atoms’? New model says that the universe largely consists of dark atoms bound together by a new force Read article: Is dark matter mostly ‘dark atoms’?
Telescopes and space missions Research update Neutrino trigger could reveal gravitational waves Existing detectors could score the first measurement Read article: Neutrino trigger could reveal gravitational waves
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