Neutron source begins studies in nuclear physics
A new instrument at the Spallation Neutron Source in the US proves that Europeans are not the only scientists equipped to study the Big Bang...
Japan shows interest in hosting the ILC
Since the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded this week to three Japanese-born researchers, it seems like Japan has gone particle physics crazy
Nobel prize: there should be no controversy
There was a reason why science reporters like me groaned at the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Physics yesterday...
Knot very funny
Call me a killjoy, but I don't find this year's Ig Nobel prize in physics particularly amusing...
Who will win the 2008 Nobel prize?
Here are a few of our picks...
In praise of Pendry and plasmons
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending day two of 'Pendry Fest'...
Italian space agency still in flux
Yesterday afternoon, I had a brief chat with Enrico Saggese, the controversial new commissioner of the Italian Space Agency...
Space fair starts with a shower
The weather was dry as I arrived yesterday at the armadillo-shaped congress centre in Glasgow for the 59th International Astronautical Congress...
A triplet of rovibrational ground states
Rovibrational ground states are a bit like buses - you wait a long time for nothing and then three come along one after another.
'Up-tight' at CERN?
Dorigo spends most of his time working on the LHC's CMS experiment - so what does he have to say about the recent setbacks?...
