Particles and interactions Research update Nobel laureates petition Bush over funding shortfall Twenty top physicists call for over $500m in 'emergency' cash to plug poor 2008 US science budget
Telescopes and space missions Research update Report slams UK’s leading physics funding agency MPs call for major shake-up at the Science and Technology Facilities Council Read article: Report slams UK’s leading physics funding agency
Particles and interactions Research update Dark matter claims disputed Flashes of light seen at the DAMA experiment in Italy are not necessarily WIMPs, say physicists Read article: Dark matter claims disputed
Particles and interactions Research update Peer review informed ILC pull-out UK government insists that withdrawal from the International Linear Collider was based on peer review
Particles and interactions Research update Testing quantum gravity at the LHC If extra dimensions exist, quantum gravity could alter the rate of well-known reactions Read article: Testing quantum gravity at the LHC
Particles and interactions Research update Cuts threaten UK role at LHC UK researchers call for continued full participation in LHCb and ALICE experiments Read article: Cuts threaten UK role at LHC
Particles and interactions Opinion and reviews Blog life: Life as a physicist Gordon Watts on what's hot in experimental particle physics Read article: Blog life: Life as a physicist
Vacuum and cryogenics Research update LHC set for July start up Behind schedule again, but excitement is brewing at CERN for the forthcoming particle accelerator Read article: LHC set for July start up
Particles and interactions Research update Mesons could offer new clue in antimatter mystery Differing decay rates may point to 'new physics' Read article: Mesons could offer new clue in antimatter mystery
Ultracold matter Research update Supersymmetry could be seen in ultracold atoms Goldstino signature should stand out