Education and outreach Opinion and reviews Between the lines Books of experiments to do on a weekend, a beginner's guide to scepticism and a travelling tale of tokamaks, reviewed by Margaret Harris Read article: Between the lines
Stars and solar physics Research update Quantum corrections could boost combustion models How to lower the risk of hydrogen explosions at nuclear plants Read article: Quantum corrections could boost combustion models
Renewables Opinion and reviews Keeping the lights on after 2100 Paul Michael Grant reviews Robert Laughlin's Powering the Future Read article: Keeping the lights on after 2100
Ultracold matter News Our favourite pictures of 2011 From Batman under the microscope to dancing black holes Read article: Our favourite pictures of 2011
Nuclear power Feature Firm takes middle ground to fusion Fusion demonstrator could cost fraction of a standard reactor, as Hamish Johnston reports Read article: Firm takes middle ground to fusion
Vacuum and cryogenics Feature Magnet challenges for ITER ITER uses complex magnets to control a 150 million Kelvin plasma, as Daniel Clery explains Read article: Magnet challenges for ITER
Nuclear physics Research update Laser heats up fusion quest World's largest laser creates conditions for "ignition" Read article: Laser heats up fusion quest
Nuclear fusion Video ITER – a fusion facility worth building Despite its huge price tag, Chris Llewellyn Smith insists that the massive €13bn ITER fusion experiment is money well spent Read article: ITER – a fusion facility worth building
Nuclear fusion Video Fusion – from here to reality David Ward from the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy reveals when a commercial fusion reactor might be ready to plug into the electricity grid Read article: Fusion – from here to reality
Nuclear fusion Video A passion for fusion: nuclear research and science communication Melanie Windridge talks about why she devotes so much energy to scientific outreach Read article: A passion for fusion: nuclear research and science communication