Particles and interactions News Fire at US underground lab appears under control Physicists poised to learn if blaze at the Soudan Mine has damaged their experiments Read article: Fire at US underground lab appears under control
Philosophy, sociology and religion News Japan quake triggers nuclear rethink Nations to review the safety of their nuclear-power programmes Read article: Japan quake triggers nuclear rethink
Policy and funding News Physicists take stock of quake damage Facilities in Japan hit, but so far appear to have survived major harm Read article: Physicists take stock of quake damage
Policy and funding News Researchers favoured in UK migration cap British government reveals details of its new points-based work visa application Read article: Researchers favoured in UK migration cap
Personalities News Marshall Stoneham: 1940–2011 Theoretical physicist and current president of the Institute of Physics has died Read article: Marshall Stoneham: 1940–2011
Planetary science News US university settles religious discrimination case Astrophysicist Martin Gaskell paid $125,000 in out-of-court settlement Read article: US university settles religious discrimination case
Policy and funding News Tevatron reaches the end of the road US Department of Energy rejects plan to extend Tevatron operations until 2014 Read article: Tevatron reaches the end of the road
Policy and funding News Nobel Foundation stays firm on symposium cancellation Speaker row scuppers three-day meeting Read article: Nobel Foundation stays firm on symposium cancellation
Everyday science News Look ahead to 2011 Space missions provided a whole host of data in 2010. That looks set to continue next year Read article: Look ahead to 2011
Everyday science News Our favourite pictures of 2010 From a nanometre sized Matterhorn to a new 'face of God' Read article: Our favourite pictures of 2010