Where can we find a summary of the discoveries of every year

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The discussion centers on the search for annual summaries of significant scientific discoveries, particularly in physics. Participants express a desire for a structured resource that categorizes discoveries by year and field, such as nuclear physics or quantum chromodynamics. Recommendations include the annual summary issue of Science News, which is noted for its comprehensive coverage, and the National Science Foundation's website, which lists recent discoveries but may be limited to NSF-supported research. There is also mention of utilizing university libraries for printed materials and exploring databases like SPIRES for highly cited articles, which can help identify important research. Concerns are raised about the breadth of the NSF resource, questioning whether it includes discoveries from other institutions like CERN.
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¿Where can we find a summary of the discoveries of every year?

Hi

I was thinking in which were the most important discoveries last year, for example, and I have to recognize that I have no idea.

I suppose that if you read newspapers, magazines... you will learn a lot, but in a year there are a lot of news, and into physics there are a lot of subdisciplines.

I would like to know if exists some kind of qualitative summary of the discoveries of every year, categorised in paragraphs , I mean you can make a search like this:

Year: 2006

Category: Nuclear physics

Or:

Year: 2008

Category: quantum chromodynamicsThanks for the answers
 
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jonjacson said:
Hi

I was thinking in which were the most important discoveries last year, for example, and I have to recognize that I have no idea.

I suppose that if you read newspapers, magazines... you will learn a lot, but in a year there are a lot of news, and into physics there are a lot of subdisciplines.

I would like to know if exists some kind of qualitative summary of the discoveries of every year, categorised in paragraphs , I mean you can make a search like this:

Year: 2006

Category: Nuclear physics

Or:

Year: 2008

Category: quantum chromodynamics


Thanks for the answers

The weekly magazine Science News used to have an annual summary issue that was pretty comprehensive. I'll see if I can find a link...
 


Here's the magazine's website, but I didn't see any obvious links to the annual summary issues:

http://www.sciencenews.org/

Almost for sure you local university library will have hard copies, though. Check it out.
 


I would investigate with spires
 


berkeman said:
Here's the magazine's website, but I didn't see any obvious links to the annual summary issues:

http://www.sciencenews.org/

Almost for sure you local university library will have hard copies, though. Check it out.

Interesting, I will search in my university tomorrow for some printed material.

Evo said:
This one lists all science discoveries but it only goes back a few years.

http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/


Great link, very similar to what I was searching for , here an example:

http://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114372&org=NSF

But I have a doubt, ¿Is it a general resource? ¿Or is it related only with NSF supported advances?.

I mean ¿can I find something discovered at cern? (for example cern, or any other source)


humanino said:
I would investigate with spires


Nice too, most cited articles of the year, is not a review itself but can help you to find most important articles, appreciated.
 

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