Personalities News Higgs hunters and Stephen Hawking bag new $3m prizes Russian entrepreneur Yuri Milner splashes cash on fundamental physics Read article: Higgs hunters and Stephen Hawking bag new $3m prizes
Policy and funding News Italy cancels €1bn SuperB collider Italian government pulls funding for particle accelerator Read article: Italy cancels €1bn SuperB collider
Philosophy, sociology and religion News Paul Frampton hit by 56-month drugs sentence "Honeytrap" physicist jailed by court in Buenos Aires Read article: Paul Frampton hit by 56-month drugs sentence
Policy and funding News Bill Foster regains US Congress seat Former Fermilab physicist beats Republican challenger in Illinios Read article: Bill Foster regains US Congress seat
Personalities News Quantum-control pioneers bag 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics Serge Haroche and David Wineland share SEK 8m prize Read article: Quantum-control pioneers bag 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics
Telescopes and space missions News US telescopes faced with closure Budget constraints threaten six observatories Read article: US telescopes faced with closure
Telescopes and space missions News India set for Mars mission in 2013 Government approves £70m orbiter to red planet Read article: India set for Mars mission in 2013
Policy and funding News Physicists unveil plans for ‘LEP3’ collider at CERN New collider would study the Higgs boson Read article: Physicists unveil plans for ‘LEP3’ collider at CERN
Policy and funding News Italian researchers warn of ‘worrying imprudence’ over cuts Spending review decree is approved by senate Read article: Italian researchers warn of ‘worrying imprudence’ over cuts
Publishing News UK to support open access Government accepts conclusion from report into open-access publishing Read article: UK to support open access
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