Projects and facilities News CERN kicks off plans for LHC successor Some 300 physicists and engineers meet to discuss options Read article: CERN kicks off plans for LHC successor
Quantum mechanics Analysis NSA keys into quantum computing Jon Cartwright looks at what progress the US National Security Agency has made in cracking quantum cryptography codes Read article: NSA keys into quantum computing
Quantum optics News UK splashes out £270m on quantum technology Programme will support immediate commercialization Read article: UK splashes out £270m on quantum technology
Telescopes and space missions Opinion and reviews Web life: Space Politics A blog dedicated to the idea that "sometimes, the most important orbit is the Beltway" Read article: Web life: Space Politics
Policy and funding Opinion and reviews Longing for Laputa Robert P Crease wonders whether scientists shouldn't rule the world after all Read article: Longing for Laputa
Policy and funding News Physicist and philanthropist Fred Kavli dies at 86 His legacy includes the Kavli Foundation and the $1m Kavli Prize Read article: Physicist and philanthropist Fred Kavli dies at 86
Telescopes and space missions News NASA launches MAVEN probe to Mars Mission to study red planet's lost atmosphere Read article: NASA launches MAVEN probe to Mars
Policy and funding Opinion and reviews Deciding with science Robert P Crease wonders why scientific input to important policy issues is so often ignored when it's actually critical Read article: Deciding with science
Telescopes and space missions News India launches first mission to Mars Probe to arrive at the red planet in 2014 Read article: India launches first mission to Mars
Telescopes and space missions News Astronomers call off boycott of NASA conference Space agency reconsiders ban on Chinese scientists Read article: Astronomers call off boycott of NASA conference
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