A MONTH after British physicists heard that £80 million had been wiped off their budgets, the full extent of the damage is starting to show. Hundreds of jobs will go and at least two university physics departments look likely to close. Furthermore, the UK will lose the ability to make the best of those international collaborations in which it is still taking part.
When the Science and Technology Facilities Council announced the cuts in December, it said it would withdraw from the international group that funds the two large Gemini telescopes. UK astronomers asked for a reprieve on the northernmost…
