Policy and funding News New head for US nuclear-weapons lab Charles McMillan takes over as boss of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Read article: New head for US nuclear-weapons lab
Semiconductors and electronics News Willard Boyle: 1924–2011 Nobel-prize-winning physicist and digital-camera pioneer dies at 86 Read article: Willard Boyle: 1924–2011
Personalities Interview Once a physicist: Rob Cook The vice-president of advanced technology at Pixar Animation Studios discusses his career Read article: Once a physicist: Rob Cook
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