
From Physics to Politics: Mr. Foster Goes to Washington
The newest PhD in Congress advises disgruntled scientists to get involved in the political process

From Physics to Politics: Mr. Foster Goes to Washington
The newest PhD in Congress advises disgruntled scientists to get involved in the political process

Fiasco at Fermilab
Last-minute budget cuts stun U.S. physicists


The Future of Physics
The Editors' introduction to the physics Special Report

The Coming Revolutions in Particle Physics
The current Standard Model of particle physics begins to unravel when probed much beyond the range of current particle accelerators. So no matter what the Large Hadron Collider finds, it is going to take physics into new territory

Large Hadron Collider: The Discovery Machine
A global collaboration of scientists is preparing to start up the greatest particle physics experiment in history

Building the Next Generation Collider
To further investigate the intricacies of high-energy particle physics, researchers must construct a more powerful electron-positron collider

Future of Top U.S. Particle Physics Lab in Jeopardy
Congress's budget cut decelerates U.S. high-energy physics research

News Bytes of the Week—Why pregnant women don't tip over
Arctic ice fading faster, Italian doctors get naked and more…

Window on the Extreme Universe
The GLAST satellite is about to open up an unexplored region of the electromagnetic spectrum--just the region, in fact, where signs of dark matter and other mysterious phenomena may show up

The Great Cosmic Roller-Coaster Ride
Could cosmic inflation be a sign that our universe is embedded in a far vaster realm

Large Hadron Collider Start-Up Delayed Until May 2008
As predicted, experiment will skip a planned test run

Magnet Trouble Likely to Complicate Start of Large Hadron Collider
Repairs may preclude a test run before the particle smasher starts tackling the Higgs boson