French researchers put pressure on the government
Over 2000 French scientists have quit their administrative roles
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Physics gets shot in the arm
UK physicists receive substantial new money in the government’s spending review
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Institute of Physics names next chief executive
Industrialist Julia King is to succeed Alun Jones in September
Antimatter factory opens at CERN
Unlike most experiments at CERN, the £3.2 million Antimatter Decelerator (AD) is designed to slow down particles rather than accelerate them. The antiprotons are created when high-energy protons ...
New research minister in France
Allegre, a former director of the Institut de Physique du Globe in Paris, was appointed to the government in June 1997 after a distinguished career as a geophysicist and a long association with the ne...
George Brown, strong supporter of US science, dies
Brown joined the science committee in 1965 and became chairman in 1990, losing his position when the Republicans gained control of Congress in 1995. The current chairman of the committee, James Sensen...
Under funding of UK research nears “crisis proportions”
The Implications of the Dearing Report for the Structure and Funding of University Research calls for the government to immediately invest £410 – £430 million in the UK’s researc...
EU investment falls behind
The report, which analyses data ranging from global trends in R&D expenditure to patterns of research mobility, was published by the European Commission last month. It aims to inform and guide fut...
