Today’s physics news: Tuesday, 1 September

New Nuclear Officer

Ed Miliband, the Energy and Climate Change Secretary, is set to appoint Cambridge University Professor David MacKay as his chief scientific officer this week. David Mackay made headlines last year with his no-nonsense book about climate change, Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot Air.
The Independent

Royal Society Geoengineering Report

The Sunday Times was the first to cover the Royal Society’s new geoengineering report.
The Sunday Times

First results from new diplomas

The first cohort of students to have taken the Government’s new diplomas appear to have done quite badly.
The Telegraph

Asteroid Blocker
A team of scientists from EADS ASTRIUM have started work on a giant asteroid blocker that would deflect dangerous asteroids years before they endangered Earth.
BBC News