Damage to British research, the scientists warn, could be among the cascade of unintended — and largely unappreciated — consequences of the vote to exit the bloc. Now comes Brexit, and to use a non-scientific term, the scientists in the country are freaking out. “I would understand if the European Research Council weren’t particularly inclined to give us as much money as they used to,” Toros said. Here in Canterbury, the University of Kent bills itself as “the U.K.’s European university,” with outposts in Athens, Brussels, Paris and Rome. British research today is networked, expensive, competitive and global.

Source: Washington Post July 31, 2016 06:56 UTC