The UK's role in fundamental research diminishing
Britain pulls the plug on particle physics research. With the STFC confirmation that we are pulling out of the International Linear Collider project which will replace the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, we could be watching the demise of physics in the UK.
This is a sad time for physics and like the demise of supersonic passenger transport, we seem to be watching our ambitions as a nation curtailed in the field of science and technology. The withdrawal form the Gemini telescope project is a blow to astronomers in the UK and leaves astronomy in a perilous position in the near future facing a 25% reduction in post-doc grants.
It is time to fight our corner before fundamental physics research becomes a distant memory.
This is a sad time for physics and like the demise of supersonic passenger transport, we seem to be watching our ambitions as a nation curtailed in the field of science and technology. The withdrawal form the Gemini telescope project is a blow to astronomers in the UK and leaves astronomy in a perilous position in the near future facing a 25% reduction in post-doc grants.
It is time to fight our corner before fundamental physics research becomes a distant memory.
posted by David Perks at
23:36
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