Personalities News Martin Rees wins £1m Templeton Prize Astronomer honoured for posing "big questions" despite "rather boring" views on science and religion Read article: Martin Rees wins £1m Templeton Prize
Personalities Opinion and reviews Between the lines On Yuri Gagarin, Marie and Pierre Curie, and the shooting of John F Kennedy Read article: Between the lines
Personalities News Marshall Stoneham: 1940–2011 Theoretical physicist and current president of the Institute of Physics has died Read article: Marshall Stoneham: 1940–2011
Quantum mechanics Video Many worlds: how Hugh Everett III changed quantum mechanics View on demand: an online lecture presented by Peter Byrne Read article: Many worlds: how Hugh Everett III changed quantum mechanics
Personalities Video Strange genius: the life and times of Paul Dirac View on demand: an online lecture presented by Graham Farmelo Read article: Strange genius: the life and times of Paul Dirac
Personalities Interview Eric Cornell: an experimental maestro Nobel laureate on why it pays to be an 'oscilloscope and laser guy' Read article: Eric Cornell: an experimental maestro
2D materials News Graphene pioneers bag Nobel prize Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov win 2010 prize Read article: Graphene pioneers bag Nobel prize
Policy and funding News Carl Wieman accepts White House science post Nobel-prize winner confirmed as Obama's associate director for science Read article: Carl Wieman accepts White House science post
Personalities Research update Nicola Cabibbo: 1935–2010 Particle theorist's work led to breakthroughs in weak force interactions Read article: Nicola Cabibbo: 1935–2010
Lasers Feature And then there was light Pauline Rigby describes how a then little-known scientist became the first person to design and build a working laser Read article: And then there was light