Policy and funding News Canada aids search for the African Einstein Government pledges money to create a network of African science centres Read article: Canada aids search for the African Einstein
Policy and funding News US physicists call for change in nuclear licensing American Physical Society says current rules will increase the risk of nuclear proliferation Read article: US physicists call for change in nuclear licensing
Policy and funding Opinion and reviews A trip through Weinberg’s world John Ellis examines the thoughts of theorist Steven Weinberg Read article: A trip through Weinberg’s world
Policy and funding News Double celebration for neutrino lab Gran Sasso detectors to fill in pieces of neutrino jigsaw Read article: Double celebration for neutrino lab
Renewables News Top US scientists warn Congress on the dangers of climate change National Research Council gives its take on the state of US climate science Read article: Top US scientists warn Congress on the dangers of climate change
Policy and funding News Party politics crush US science spending bill Act to double the budget of government science agencies fails to pass by a dozen votes Read article: Party politics crush US science spending bill
Telescopes and space missions News NASA’s crumbling research labs could risk future missions Report warns that funding is needed to stem decline Read article: NASA’s crumbling research labs could risk future missions
Renewables News Saudi Arabia to create renewable energy ‘city’ King Abdullah considers the future of his country beyond oil Read article: Saudi Arabia to create renewable energy ‘city’
Telescopes and space missions News Obama sets out Mars mission US president calls for NASA to send a manned mission to orbit the red planet Read article: Obama sets out Mars mission
Stars and solar physics Feature Science in the Muslim world Jim Al-Khalili examines the prospects for an Islamic scientific renaissance Read article: Science in the Muslim world