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 clinicians to target certain cancers with beams of radiation much more accurately to avoid damaging the surrounding tissue.

Daily Telegraph

Quantum cryptography hacked?
Physicists at the University of Toronto, Canada, claim to have hacked into a commercial quantum cryptography, raising questions about the true security of quantum communication systems.

Physics World
Nature