Policy and funding News Physicist and philanthropist Fred Kavli dies at 86 His legacy includes the Kavli Foundation and the $1m Kavli Prize Read article: Physicist and philanthropist Fred Kavli dies at 86
Telescopes and space missions News NASA launches MAVEN probe to Mars Mission to study red planet's lost atmosphere Read article: NASA launches MAVEN probe to Mars
Telescopes and space missions News India launches first mission to Mars Probe to arrive at the red planet in 2014 Read article: India launches first mission to Mars
Telescopes and space missions News Astronomers call off boycott of NASA conference Space agency reconsiders ban on Chinese scientists Read article: Astronomers call off boycott of NASA conference
Policy and funding News CERN physicist picked for new UN panel Fabiola Gianotti appointed to 26-member scientific advisory board Read article: CERN physicist picked for new UN panel
Structure and dynamics News Chemistry Nobel honours trio who combined classical and quantum physics Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel recognized for creating models of complex chemical systems Read article: Chemistry Nobel honours trio who combined classical and quantum physics
Personalities News Englert and Higgs bag Nobel Prize for Physics Pair honoured for their prediction of the Higgs boson Read article: Englert and Higgs bag Nobel Prize for Physics
Policy and funding News Former physicist Angela Merkel seeks third term as German chancellor Physicist-turned-politician is hoping for re-election again Read article: Former physicist Angela Merkel seeks third term as German chancellor
Transport properties News Graphene pioneer Konstantin Novoselov goes Dutch Nobel-prize winner takes up part-time post at Nijmegen Read article: Graphene pioneer Konstantin Novoselov goes Dutch
Policy and funding News Asia-Pacific particle physicists back ILC Consensus grows for building collider in Japan Read article: Asia-Pacific particle physicists back ILC
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