Astroparticle physics Blog The 'Magnificent Seven' of European astroparticle physics In July 2007 Europe's astroparticle physicists drew up a 'wish list' of research projects...
Telescopes and space missions Blog Big prospects for small satellites This morning I caught up with Martin Sweeting, chief executive of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited...
Telescopes and space missions Blog Fly me to the Moon 'We have had only 27 Earth days on the Moon,' said NASA's Michael Griffin...
Everyday science Blog In praise of Pendry and plasmons Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending day two of 'Pendry Fest'...
Everyday science Blog Italian space agency still in flux Yesterday afternoon, I had a brief chat with Enrico Saggese, the controversial new commissioner of the Italian Space Agency...
Everyday science Blog Space fair starts with a shower The weather was dry as I arrived yesterday at the armadillo-shaped congress centre in Glasgow for the 59th International Astronautical Congress...
Everyday science Blog A triplet of rovibrational ground states Rovibrational ground states are a bit like buses - you wait a long time for nothing and then three come along one after another.
Projects and facilities Blog Could the LHC do the 'Bosenova'? Superfluid helium and magnetic fields are both in abundance in the Large Hadron Collider...
Climate Blog Climate chaos A few years back after a particularly wet spell, Lenny Smith found that his local pub in Oxford had been flooded...
Everyday science Blog 'Up-tight' at CERN? Dorigo spends most of his time working on the LHC's CMS experiment - so what does he have to say about the recent setbacks?...