Editorials

A landmark for the Les Houches series of summer schools underlines the benefit of such activities to researchers of all ages.

A massive electromagnet is making a fantastic voyage from Brookhaven to Fermilab.

Grants awarded through peer review should not then be subject to political 'accountability'.

Creating a sustainable future based on clean energy from renewable sources is the challenge facing incoming US energy secretary Ernest Moniz. Elsewhere in the world, progress is already being made.

Millions of dollars of prize money are up for grabs in fundamental physics, through an entrepreneur-funded scheme that should complement, rather than challenge, the Nobel awards.

Physics — and physicists — have had much to contribute to economic and finance. Now the science of complex networks sets a way forward to understanding and managing the complex financial networks of the world's markets.

Nature Physics is now available in an iPad app.

Funding schemes are set to promote the transfer of lab research into marketable technology.

Sir Patrick Moore, presenter of The Sky at Night for 55 years, has died.

Preparations for the construction of an international linear collider have reached another milestone — but is the way ahead clear?

As the 2012 celebration of Turing's life and work draws to a close, we highlight different events that showcase Turing's continuing influence on science, technology and art.

Emotions run high as the European Commission's ambitious framework for research and development forms the focus of a special budget summit in Brussels.

It's been a good month for astronomical discovery and innovation.

A unique identifier for every researcher will keep the scientific record in order.

The candidates in the forthcoming US presidential election have set out their opinions on scientific issues — but in the shadow of possible swingeing cuts in the science budget.

Bernard Lovell, builder of Jodrell Bank's iconic radio telescope, has died.

The unexpected deceleration of the Pioneer space probes has, at last, an explanation.

History has been made with the discovery of a Higgs-like particle at CERN.

The bid to host the world's largest, most sensitive radio telescope has ended in a tie.

Plans for the Extreme Light Infrastructure in eastern Europe are soon to be complete, with the choice of a fourth, and final, site for the facility.