Personalities News Controversy bubbles over particle physics prize Award to neutrino experiment omits key contribution, say physicists Read article: Controversy bubbles over particle physics prize
Quantum mechanics News Foundation gives Canadian physics a boost SNOLAB and Perimeter Institute benefit from infrastructure grants Read article: Foundation gives Canadian physics a boost
Policy and funding News UK research council backtracks on funding ban New rules will limit, not exclude, future applicants
Policy and funding News Obama outlines science vision US president commits to raising R&D spending Read article: Obama outlines science vision
Telescopes and space missions News It’s all over for Clover UK pulls plug on telescope to detect gravitational waves Read article: It’s all over for Clover
Personalities News Physicist bags Templeton prize Bernard d’Espagnat awarded for his work on the foundation of quantum mechanics Read article: Physicist bags Templeton prize
Policy and funding News CERN hold-up hurts graduate students Delayed LHC leaves some students without data for theses Read article: CERN hold-up hurts graduate students
Policy and funding News Big gains for physics as Obama signs stimulus bill More than $10bn will go towards funding physical-science projects
Policy and funding News Top scientists join Hawking at Perimeter Institute Leonard Susskind among nine new researchers at Canadian centre
Dark matter and energy News Chameleon particle blends into the background Fermilab experiment puts limit on dark-energy candidate Read article: Chameleon particle blends into the background