MPs back increase to fund hadron collider

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A parliamentary committee report backs British particle physicists' call for increasing the science budget to help fund the Large Hadron Collider at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva. A 25% hike in the cost of the subscription is compounded by the government's decision to freeze the science budget at current levels. However, some MPs view the demand for extra funds as unrealistic and advance an alternative strategy which seeks a global dialogue on the issue.

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... As ethics report clears xenografts

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The UK's bioethics advisory group has presented its stand regarding xenotransplantation. It has also stressed the importance of an advisory committee that will ensure strict guidelines regarding the application of the method. The use of pigs as organ donors is also preferred over the widespread utilization of the endangered primates. Lastly, the group has warned against human trials in consideration of epidemic concerns.

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UK observatories head for a new management shake-up

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UK's ground-based astronomy programs, including its Cambridge-based Royal Greenwich Observatory and the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh, await a new management reshuffle. This move will result in the privatization of UK's telescopes at La Palma, in the Canary Islands, and on Hawaii, which are managed by the Particle Physics and Astronomy Advisory Board.

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