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
Policy and funding News Top South African astronomer reinstated Phil Charles cleared of sharing astronomy plans with fellow scientists Read article: Top South African astronomer reinstated
Planetary science News Legendary oceanographer scoops Crafoord prize Tide master Walter Munks awarded $550,000 for seminal geophysics research Read article: Legendary oceanographer scoops Crafoord prize
Personalities Feature Elspeth Drayson: life in the fast lane Elspeth Drayson, co-owner of motor-racing team Drayson Racing, talks about her route from physics to the pit-lane Read article: Elspeth Drayson: life in the fast lane
Superconductivity News Vitaly Ginzburg: 1916–2009 Eminent Nobel-prize-winning Russian theorist dies on 8 November aged 93 Read article: Vitaly Ginzburg: 1916–2009
Superconductivity Interview Vitaly Ginzburg: a life in physics Vitaly Ginzburg – one of the most prominent Russian theoretical physicists of the 20th century – talks exclusively about his achievements in physics, his distrust of the church... Read article: Vitaly Ginzburg: a life in physics
Personalities News Canadian theory institute honours Stephen Hawking Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics names new building after the Cambridge physicist Read article: Canadian theory institute honours Stephen Hawking
Policy and funding News Developing-world research hub unveils new director Costa Rica-born physicist to head the International Centre for Theoretical Physics Read article: Developing-world research hub unveils new director