Nuclear power Research update Testing nuclear materials on the nanoscale Results could help in the design of new materials for nuclear applications Read article: Testing nuclear materials on the nanoscale
Policy and funding News Nuclear physicists protest at isotope facility closure 2012 US budget cancels funding for the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility Read article: Nuclear physicists protest at isotope facility closure
Philosophy, sociology and religion News Japan quake triggers nuclear rethink Nations to review the safety of their nuclear-power programmes Read article: Japan quake triggers nuclear rethink
Policy and funding News Physicists take stock of quake damage Facilities in Japan hit, but so far appear to have survived major harm Read article: Physicists take stock of quake damage
Nuclear medicine Research update Medical isotope shortages could become commonplace Nuclear Energy Agency report warns of processing bottlenecks Read article: Medical isotope shortages could become commonplace
Nuclear power News Fear rises among Iranian physicists Assassination of a nuclear scientist leaves academics in shock
Nuclear power Research update Neutrinos could detect secret fission reactors Detectors would need to be hundreds of thousands of tonnes Read article: Neutrinos could detect secret fission reactors
Nuclear power Feature Nuclear’s new generation Novel nuclear reactors promise much, but hurdles remain before any are ever built, explains Edwin Cartlidge Read article: Nuclear’s new generation
Plasma physics Feature Hot fusion Steve Cowley outlines the next challenges in fusion power Read article: Hot fusion
Policy and funding Opinion and reviews Nuclear power: yes or no? Ian Lowe and Barry Brook go head-to-head in our big nuclear-power debate Read article: Nuclear power: yes or no?