Policy and funding News Fundamental physics enters war on cancer A dozen new US research centres receive cash to apply physics to oncology Read article: Fundamental physics enters war on cancer
Policy and funding News ‘High-payoff’ energy research receives US cash boost Department of Energy funds 37 projects worth a total of $150m Read article: ‘High-payoff’ energy research receives US cash boost
Personalities News Canadian theory institute honours Stephen Hawking Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics names new building after the Cambridge physicist Read article: Canadian theory institute honours Stephen Hawking
Semiconductors and electronics News Optics pioneers scoop Nobel prize Trio share SEK10m prize for their work on fibre optics and charge-coupled devices Read article: Optics pioneers scoop Nobel prize
Policy and funding News Developing-world research hub unveils new director Costa Rica-born physicist to head the International Centre for Theoretical Physics Read article: Developing-world research hub unveils new director
Policy and funding News Saudi Arabia opens huge new university King Abdullah University of Science and Technology inaugurated with $10bn endowment Read article: Saudi Arabia opens huge new university
Renewables News Physicist to advise UK on energy and climate change David MacKay describes current debate as a 'Punch and Judy show' Read article: Physicist to advise UK on energy and climate change
History News British prime minister apologizes to Alan Turing after petition Gordon Brown recognizes 'appalling' treatment of Second World War code breaker Read article: British prime minister apologizes to Alan Turing after petition
Personalities News Aage Niels Bohr: 1922–2009 Nobel laureate Aage Niels Bohr dies at the age of 87 Read article: Aage Niels Bohr: 1922–2009
Climate News Engineers call for ‘artificial trees’ to reduce CO2 100,000 such trees could remove all the UK's transport emissions Read article: Engineers call for ‘artificial trees’ to reduce CO2