Read article: Budget deficit threatens Japanese science
Budget deficit threatens Japanese science
Scientists braced for severe cuts to the country’s research programme
Read article: Budget deficit threatens Japanese science
Read article: UK to pull out of Gemini Observatory
UK to pull out of Gemini Observatory
Funding is 'almost certain' to stop after 2012
Read article: APS rejects plea to alter stance on climate change
APS rejects plea to alter stance on climate change
American Physical Society maintains view that human activities are causing global warming
Read article: Vitaly Ginzburg: 1916–2009
Vitaly Ginzburg: 1916–2009
Eminent Nobel-prize-winning Russian theorist dies on 8 November aged 93
Read article: Fundamental physics enters war on cancer
Fundamental physics enters war on cancer
A dozen new US research centres receive cash to apply physics to oncology
Read article: ‘High-payoff’ energy research receives US cash boost
‘High-payoff’ energy research receives US cash boost
Department of Energy funds 37 projects worth a total of $150m
Read article: Canadian theory institute honours Stephen Hawking
Canadian theory institute honours Stephen Hawking
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics names new building after the Cambridge physicist
Read article: Optics pioneers scoop Nobel prize
Optics pioneers scoop Nobel prize
Trio share SEK10m prize for their work on fibre optics and charge-coupled devices
Read article: Developing-world research hub unveils new director
Developing-world research hub unveils new director
Costa Rica-born physicist to head the International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Read article: Saudi Arabia opens huge new university
Saudi Arabia opens huge new university
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology inaugurated with $10bn endowment
