Read article: Dark energy: how the paradigm shifted Dark matter and energy Feature Dark energy: how the paradigm shifted Lucy Calder and Ofer Lahav shed light on the background to the discovery of dark energy
Read article: And then there was light Lasers Feature And then there was light Pauline Rigby describes how a then little-known scientist became the first person to design and build a working laser
Read article: From ray-gun to Blu-ray Lasers Feature From ray-gun to Blu-ray Fifty years after their invention, Sidney Perkowitz examines the huge impact of lasers on science, culture and everyday life
Read article: Where next for the laser? Lasers Feature Where next for the laser? Six laser experts recall how the laser has advanced their fields of interest – and speculate where it will take these areas next
Read article: Fusion’s bright new dawn Nuclear fusion Feature Fusion’s bright new dawn The world's largest laser could transform the search for abundant, carbon-free electricity, as Mike Dunne explains
Read article: Science in the Muslim world Stars and solar physics Feature Science in the Muslim world Jim Al-Khalili examines the prospects for an Islamic scientific renaissance
Read article: The eerie silence Telescopes and space missions Feature The eerie silence Paul Davies calls for the search for extraterrestrials to be relaunched
Read article: The flu fighters Biophysics Feature The flu fighters Tools from physics can now be used to model the H1N1 flu pandemic, as Vittoria Colizza and Alessandro Vespignani explain
Read article: Law and the end of the world Philosophy, sociology and religion Feature Law and the end of the world Edwin Cartlidge examines the case of a US lawyer who believes that the courts must step in if required to halt experiments like the Large Hadron Collider
Read article: Making a Big Bang on the small screen Art and science Feature Making a Big Bang on the small screen Nick Thomas talks to the cast and crew of the hugely successful physics TV sitcom The Big Bang Theory