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The search for the Higgs boson could soon prove successful. Although the particle bears the name of a single physicist, many more were involved in devising the theory behind it — so which of them should share a potential Nobel Prize?
Fifty years ago, Abdus Salam envisaged a 'world centre' for theorists. Now the institute that he founded is adapting to a changing world and to changing ways of doing science.
A school on computational materials science that drew expert teachers and talented participants marks a new approach to the development of research in Africa.
Astronomy is becoming 'big science'. Although the transformation brings the experimental clout to answer the biggest questions, it also carries risks for the field's future.
The moment of conception of the geometric phase can be pinpointed precisely, but related ideas had been formulated before, in various guises. Not less varied were the ramifications that became clear once the concept was identified formally.
