Posts Tagged ‘daily physics news’
Today’s physics news: Tuesday, 8 June
Primary curriculum and academic diplomas to be axed The government will scrap Labour’s new primary curriculum and its flagship “academic” diplomas, ministers said today as they detailed a £359m programme of education cuts. Guardian Telegraph Independent Lasers could ‘sense’ vapours released by explosives UK scientists claim to have developed laser technology able to [...]
Today’s physics news: Monday, 7 June
Vince Cable moves to cut number of university places The government is considering cutting the number of students going to university as part of a radical shake-up of further and higher education ordered by the new business secretary Vince Cable. The Observer Nuclear fusion dream hit by EU’s cash dilemma A £15bn international bid to [...]
Today’s physics news: Friday, 4 June
Mars mission in a Moscow hangar is no joke, say astronauts Its critics have suggested it amounts to little more than sitting inside a giant tin can in a Moscow hangar but as the six volunteers sealed themselves inside a simulated mission to Mars, scientists insisted they were embarking on an unprecedented experiment that was [...]
Today’s physics news: Wednesday, 2 June
Secretary of State for Nuclear Legacy and Bits of Other Things bemoans Labour’s legacy Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has referred to his department as the “Department for Nuclear Legacy and Bits of Other Things” as he discovers a £4 billion black hole in unavoidable decommissioning and nuclear waste costs, [...]
Today’s physics news: Monday, 24 May
Universities and quangos face cuts Commentators expect a range of education quangos and universities to face spending cuts when the UK’s new coalition government, today, outlines urgent action needed to rectify the country’s ailing economy. BBC Guardian Cyberknife attacks tumours The Daily Telegraph includes an article about the Cyberknife, a new surgery tool which allows [...]
