More, from Lucien Heurtier, on the funding crisis in particle, astro and nuclear physics
https://lifeandphysics.com/2026/03/09/cuts-commitments-and-contradictions/
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Cuts, Commitments, and Contradictions

After my previous post on the parliamentary committees last week, I think it is worth highlighing this blog post by Lucien Heurtier. Lucien is a postdoctoral research associate in theoretical physi…

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Some thoughts after two parliamentary committee hearings
https://lifeandphysics.com/2026/03/08/select-committees/
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Select committees

Well, the fight to stop the decimation of particle, astro and nuclear physics continues. The House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology select committee session I mentioned in the previous…

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This Wednesday I will be giving evidence on science funding to the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
https://lifeandphysics.com/2026/03/01/a-trip-to-the-house-of-commons/
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A trip to the House of Commons

Having had a very interesting meeting at the House of Lords a couple of weeks ago, this Wednesday I will be giving evidence on science funding to the House of Commons Science, Innovation and Techno…

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Local Baryon Number at the LHC

A quick post to advertise a new preprint my collaborators and I put on the arXiv today. It is called “Local Baryon Number at the LHC” and is by me, Joe – one of my PhD students, o…

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Bubble Chamber Breakthrough

As I am sure everyone is well aware by now, UCL won a share of an enormous prize yesterday1. After half a century of valiant defeat and occasional failure to turn up, football really is coming home…

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The future of particle physics, part 94

A discussion on the future of particle physics is underway. When is it not, you might ask? And it is a good question, there is always something like this going on (hence the “part 94” i…

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Learning from the Tau

An ATLAS paper I’m closely involved in was published last week, and is the subject of an official ATLAS physics briefing.

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Cocktail Update: Penicillin and Sidecar

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Experts

It has been a bit of a week. I am just back from the Congress Centre – which is a hall underneath Congress House, the headquarters of the TUC – where I was a late stand-in as a speaker …

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Cocktail update: Martinez

According to the book I got for Christmas1, this is the “missing link between the Manhattan and the Martini”, and dates back to 1884. Tastewise, ithat description works for me, as does …

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