Editorials

Crystallography has evolved into a vast, multidisciplinary field — but it has enduring significance for physics, and should remain a fixture in university curricula.

Helium has become a precious resource and its supply must be managed with care.

Datasets can now be published, shared — and cited — in Scientific Data.

Budget cuts to Australia's national science agency may have long-term effects on the country's commitment to radio-astronomy science.

Will government intervene if private-sector investment conflicts with national research interests?

Half a century on, the Kondo effect continues to inspire.

A spectacular result for inflationary cosmology needs independent confirmation.

An ambitious programme to achieve power generation from nuclear fusion is making some progress, at last.

ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has begun the next phase of its ambitious mission to land a probe on the nucleus of a comet, and ride with the comet towards the Sun.

The science-fiction strand 'Futures' returns to Nature Physics in this issue.

Promises for UK science must be backed up by long-term plans.

Every scientist has an interest in their own citations, but regularly updated maps of citations across all of science are tracking what's hot and what's not.

Remember, remember 23 November: it's 'The Day of the Doctor'.

Recent reforms of the Russian Academy of Sciences have caused controversy, and the benefits of the changes are debatable. But what is clear is that proper investment in science must become a priority for Russia's government.

The Bohr atom is unquestionably a landmark in the history of physics. A century after its publication, it has inspired a remarkably diverse and ever-growing field of research.

Models are abundant in virtually all branches of physics, with some achieving iconic status. The Hubbard model, celebrating its golden jubilee this year, continues to be one of the most popular contrivances of theoretical condensed-matter physics.

The remarkable space telescope reveals true colours — and a new moon.

Europe and the US, with their international partners, are planning their way ahead in particle physics.

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