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 harness the fusion process that powers the Sun is facing a major funding crisis. Scientists have revealed that the cost of the International Thermonuclear Experiment Reactor (Iter) has trebled from its original £5bn price tag in the past three years.

The Observer 
 
Nasa scientists discover evidence ‘that alien life exists on Saturn’s moon’
Evidence that life exists on Titan, one of Saturn’s biggest moons, appears to have been uncovered by Nasa scientists.
 
The Telegraph