Italian Higgs boson research body bears brunt of government cuts

Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, key contributor to discovery of ‘God’s particle’ will see its budget shrink in next three years

John Hooper in Rome

The Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare was a key contributor to the discovery of the Higgs boson. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Italy‘s nuclear physicists, who made a key contribution to the discovery of the Higgs boson particle, have reacted with outrage and bewilderment to the news that their state-funded research body is to take the heaviest cuts of any Italian scientific institute in a government spending clampdown ordered last week… (continua a leggere su The Guardian)