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Policy and funding News The world of physics in 2017 A rocky road lies in store for the global physics community, especially in the US Read article: The world of physics in 2017
Transport properties News Flash Physics: Diamond-defect FM-radio tunes in, Slovenia joins CERN, first plasma for WEST tokamak Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Diamond-defect FM-radio tunes in, Slovenia joins CERN, first plasma for WEST tokamak
Policy and funding News Flash Physics: Dark matter is smooth, UK boosts industrial physics, Pakistan honours Abdus Salam Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Dark matter is smooth, UK boosts industrial physics, Pakistan honours Abdus Salam
Policy and funding News Flash Physics: Earthquake puzzle solved, scientists write to Trump, nuclear pasta delays neutrinos Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Earthquake puzzle solved, scientists write to Trump, nuclear pasta delays neutrinos
Telescopes and space missions News Flash Physics: Huge Martian ice deposit, Trump sets back climate science, ultra-transparent metamaterial Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Huge Martian ice deposit, Trump sets back climate science, ultra-transparent metamaterial
Policy and funding News Flash Physics: Graphene-based loudspeaker, new schedule for ITER, India joins CERN Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics Read article: Flash Physics: Graphene-based loudspeaker, new schedule for ITER, India joins CERN
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