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The lure of synchrotrons

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Robert P Crease asks how sound are the arguments that the next generation of synchrotron sources are an essential tool for meeting the energy challenge?

Recipes for planet formation

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Michael R Meyer describes how studies of extrasolar planets are helping us to understand how planetary systems form and evolve

Human spaceflight: science or spectacle?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT

The big debate: David Clements and Ian Crawford spar over whether human spaceflight is worth the effort

A very good Englishman

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Graham Farmelo examines the letters of nuclear theorist Rudolf Peierls

Web life: Colliding Particles

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Short films to get you ready for the switch-on of the Large Hadron Collider

How to publish a scientific comment

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT

Rick Trebino relives the time he tried – and failed – to have a comment published in a scientific journal

Wrong but useful

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Gavin Schmidt explains how climate models are becoming an essential tool for politicians and policymakers

Sustainability made simple

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Niall MacKay and Roger Edgar assess what the UK government's new climate adviser has to say on energy

Publicize or perish

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:00:00 GMT

Joseph Romm urges scientists to do much more to warn the public of the dangers of climate change

The road to sustainability

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:00:00 GMT

"Sustainability" is the hottest topic in energy research today, but what does it actually mean? George Crabtree and John Sarrao describe what makes a technology sustainable, and outline the materials-science challenges standing between us and clean, long-lasting energy