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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.
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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.
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.