Environment
New microplastics research examines River Thames pollution
Three litres of surface water will be collected from seven publicly accessible riverside locations along the Thames - Teddington, Westminster, St Katharine Docks, Limehouse, North Woolwich, Tilbury and Southend - before being filtered at a laboratory to capture tiny...
Space
Venus’ Strange Rotation Was Likely Triggered By A High Velocity Moon-Sized Impactor
Venus’ bizarre and extraordinarily slow retrograde rotation on its axis has long puzzled planetary scientists. But in a new paper presented at the recent European Geosciences Union General Assembly in...
Life
Jersey islanders asked to share lifestyle views in survey
The results could help the government plan and deliver services in the future, officials say.
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Higgs Boson was UK triumph, but British physics faces ‘catastrophic’ cuts
"We always had the money for these projects," he told me."I do not understand how we ended up with a 30% cut in the particle physics and astronomy budget unless at some point there must have been a choice...
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China economic growth falls sharply, missing target
China's economic growth slowed sharply between the start of April and end of June as weak domestic demand and...