Nuclear fusion meets resistance in France
Government plans to move IN2P3 to the CEA
US science budget rises
There is good news for science in general and physics in particular in this year's US budget
Science gets a higher profile in Ireland
The Irish government has a new science minister, Noel Treacy - the third this year
Budget falls in Denmark
Danish research grants and funds for postdoc training in the natural sciences will be halved next year
EC advisory body slims down
The European Commission scientific advisory committee has slimmed down and changed direction
New sites for Oxford Instruments
Oxford Instruments opened two new buildings last month
CERN hustings
Four physicists are vying to become the next director general of CERN, the European particle physics laboratory
Funding rises in France
Spending on research will rise next year, but major changes are afoot
Japan thinks big on synchrotrons
The highest energy synchrotron radiation source in the world has officially opened
Euro defence giant born
Alcatel Alsthom and Dassault have become strategic partners in Thomson CSF
