Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Brexit vote rattles UK and European scientists


Because we all know that there was no funding for particle physics research before the EU became what it is today, and scientists from different countries were basically prohibited from collaborating.

And before everyone starts with comments about US or other single nation achievements in science let me remind you that top-level science can't be achieved by a single nation these days. If you truly think that, I recommend you go back to the 1700s.

Here's what the Brexit result means for science, particularly physics, in the UK and the rest of Europe.


Read the article:
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/magazine/physicstoday/news/10.1063/PT.5.1078
Corina Marinescu

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