Policy and funding News Researchers favoured in UK migration cap British government reveals details of its new points-based work visa application Read article: Researchers favoured in UK migration cap
Policy and funding News Tevatron reaches the end of the road US Department of Energy rejects plan to extend Tevatron operations until 2014 Read article: Tevatron reaches the end of the road
Policy and funding News Nobel Foundation stays firm on symposium cancellation Speaker row scuppers three-day meeting Read article: Nobel Foundation stays firm on symposium cancellation
Policy and funding Feature Gongs away Bagging a physics prize can bring both pleasures and pitfalls Read article: Gongs away
Publishing News US loses status as a ‘colossus of science’ Report says countries in Asia are beginning to equal the US Read article: US loses status as a ‘colossus of science’
Telescopes and space missions News Obama’s dream of Mars at risk from radiation A peak in solar activity could coincide with planned missions Read article: Obama’s dream of Mars at risk from radiation
Renewables Opinion and reviews Beware delay Alan Robock is unhappy with the weight given to the view of climate 'sceptics' Read article: Beware delay
Policy and funding News UK science spared from budget cuts Physicists welcome government decision but flat-cash settlement could still cause damage Read article: UK science spared from budget cuts
Policy and funding Opinion and reviews Nuclear power: yes or no? Ian Lowe and Barry Brook go head-to-head in our big nuclear-power debate Read article: Nuclear power: yes or no?
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