In today’s physics news: interview with Brian Cox, science budget and more

In today’s news round-up: Brian Cox: ‘Physics is better than rock’n'roll’, drillers propose deep-Earth quest, science: Banks will boost research by £100m and nuclear physicists protest at isotope facility closure

Brian Cox: ‘Physics is better than rock’n'roll’
He started out as the long-haired one in D:Ream, but the gravitational pull of physics was too much for Brian Cox
Guardian

Drillers propose deep-Earth quest
Scientists hope this decade to be able to start drilling for rock samples lying several km below the Earth’s surface in its mantle layer.
BBC

Science: Banks will boost research by £100m
Bankers will fund a £100 million boost to British science to pay for new facilities, maintenance and equipment, George Osborne announced yesterday
Independent Nature

Nuclear physicists protest at isotope facility closure
2012 US budget cancels funding for the Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility
Physics World