Nature: ITER, the international fusion reactor project, was expected to cost €5 billion to construct, but is likely to cost three times more, and will soon need €1.4 billion to cover construction costs for 2012–13. To keep the project on track, its biggest contributor, the European Union, will divert funds from its central research fund. Nature‘s Geoff Brumfiel provides details of the deal.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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