Today’s physics news: Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Science funding cuts: UK scientists struggle to ‘do more with less’
Researchers have long defied tight budgets to produce world-beating work. But, they argue, the latest cuts will go too far.
Telegraph
And similar cuts are expected in Spain- article in Nature 
 
A step forward for science – a step back for Britain’s science sector
Cambridge team reveals potential breakthrough for brain-damaged patients – but lack of funding means they’re moving to Canada
Independent

China could make moon landing in 2025
Country also plans space station within a decade and Mars and Venus probes to be launched in next five years
Guardian

Massive blast ‘created Mars moon’
Scientists say they have uncovered firm evidence that Mars’s biggest moon, Phobos, is made from rocks blasted off the Martian surface in a catastrophic event.
BBC