Brian Cox says physics faces ‘unquantifiable’ threat under punishing funding cuts

Cuts of nearly 70% may force university departments to close and damage UK’s research progress, senior scientists say British physicists have shaped our understanding of nature and the universe for more than a century, uncovering the building blocks of matter and furthering our knowledge on cosmic puzzles from the big bang to black holes. But senior scientists warned on Friday that the field of practice theory faces an existential threat after universities were informed of savage cuts to rese...

By Ian Sample Science editor