Particles and interactions Opinion and reviews Atomic arias Oppenheimer takes centre stage, reports Robert P Crease Read article: Atomic arias
Vacuum and cryogenics Opinion and reviews Reasons to be cheerful The economy may be in a nosedive but there is plenty to look forward to in science this year Read article: Reasons to be cheerful
Transport properties Research update Lamb shift spotted in solid qubit Discovery could help physicists design more robust quantum computers Read article: Lamb shift spotted in solid qubit
Particles and interactions Research update LHC will restart end of June 2009 Beams not likely to reach full energy until 2010 Read article: LHC will restart end of June 2009
Particles and interactions Research update LHC repairs under way Damaged magnets make their way out of tunnel
Particles and interactions Research update Proton and neutron masses calculated from first principles Quantum chromodynamics makes us heavy, say physicists
Telescopes and space missions Research update Excess of electrons could point to dark matter Are WIMPs annihilating nearby? Read article: Excess of electrons could point to dark matter
Particles and interactions Research update PAMELA bares all Satellite data do indeed hint at dark-matter annihilation, the European team claims Read article: PAMELA bares all
Particles and interactions Research update Fermilab ‘ghosts’ hint at new particles Some CDF physicists believe publication was premature Read article: Fermilab ‘ghosts’ hint at new particles
Ultrafast science Research update Condensed-matter physicist to head DESY Accelerator lab chooses nanostructure expert as new director Read article: Condensed-matter physicist to head DESY