Policy and funding Opinion and reviews Priority battles A dozen years after it was found, the priority dispute over who discovered dark energy lingers on, says Robert P Crease Read article: Priority battles
Policy and funding News UK physics hit by savage cuts Funding council announces UK withdrawal from over 25 international projects Read article: UK physics hit by savage cuts
Telescopes and space missions News UK physicists prepare for “deep” budget cuts Researchers express concern to the UK's science minister over funding council's budget deficit Read article: UK physicists prepare for “deep” budget cuts
Policy and funding News Budget deficit threatens Japanese science Scientists braced for severe cuts to the country’s research programme Read article: Budget deficit threatens Japanese science
Telescopes and space missions News UK to pull out of Gemini Observatory Funding is 'almost certain' to stop after 2012 Read article: UK to pull out of Gemini Observatory
Policy and funding News Fundamental physics enters war on cancer A dozen new US research centres receive cash to apply physics to oncology Read article: Fundamental physics enters war on cancer
Renewables Opinion and reviews The lure of synchrotrons Robert P Crease asks how sound are the arguments that the next generation of synchrotron sources are an essential tool for meeting the energy challenge? Read article: The lure of synchrotrons
Policy and funding News ‘High-payoff’ energy research receives US cash boost Department of Energy funds 37 projects worth a total of $150m Read article: ‘High-payoff’ energy research receives US cash boost
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