Personalities Opinion and reviews Between the lines A biopic of Stephen Hawking and a daily calendar of mathematical reflections, reviewed by Tushna Commissariat and Margaret Harris Read article: Between the lines
Policy and funding News Physicist nominated as US defence secretary Barack Obama has chosen Ashton Carter for key defence role Read article: Physicist nominated as US defence secretary
Semiconductors and electronics News LED firm rejects Nobel laureate’s olive branch Shuji Nakamura tried to rebuild ties with Nichia Read article: LED firm rejects Nobel laureate’s olive branch
Personalities Blog Celebrating the life and work of John Bell Fiftieth anniversary of Bell's proof of entanglement is marked by new public exhibition in Belfast
Policy and funding News Fabiola Gianotti will take over as CERN boss Particle physicist to become Geneva lab's first female director-general Read article: Fabiola Gianotti will take over as CERN boss
Policy and funding News Retrial granted for jailed Iranian physicist Supreme Court overturns initial verdict for Omid Kokabee Read article: Retrial granted for jailed Iranian physicist
Personalities Blog Who was the real Abdus Salam? Delegates at the 50th-anniversary conference of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste pay tribute to a great man
Personalities News Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura win 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics Trio honoured for work on blue LEDs Read article: Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura win 2014 Nobel Prize for Physics
Personalities Blog Abdus Salam's legacy celebrated Tributes paid to founding father of ICTP at 50th-anniversary meeting in Trieste
Personalities News Nobel laureate Martin Perl dies at 87 Particle-physics pioneer who discovered the tau lepton shared the 1995 prize Read article: Nobel laureate Martin Perl dies at 87
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