Telescopes and space missions Research update Couple emerges from trio of supermassive black holes Tightly orbiting pair could create detectable gravitational waves Read article: Couple emerges from trio of supermassive black holes
Telescopes and space missions News Germany set to pull out of €2bn radio telescope SKA bosses confident shortfall will be met by other countries Read article: Germany set to pull out of €2bn radio telescope
Gravity Research update Have galactic ‘radio loops’ been mistaken for B-mode polarization? Evidence for new foreground-to-BICEP2 measurements found Read article: Have galactic ‘radio loops’ been mistaken for B-mode polarization?
Gravity Research update Neil Turok urges caution on BICEP2 results Perimeter Institute director suggests observations could ultimately be at odds with inflation Read article: Neil Turok urges caution on BICEP2 results
Gravity Research update BICEP2 finds first direct evidence of cosmic inflation Primordial B-mode polarization opens window on early universe Read article: BICEP2 finds first direct evidence of cosmic inflation
Policy and funding News Cambridge physicists divided over Hawking chair High salary and limited term concern some academics Read article: Cambridge physicists divided over Hawking chair
Telescopes and space missions Research update Black hole winds stronger than expected Research could improve black hole evolution models Read article: Black hole winds stronger than expected
Gravity Research update Could sterile neutrinos solve the cosmological mass conundrum? Researchers place bounds on sterile-neutrino mass Read article: Could sterile neutrinos solve the cosmological mass conundrum?
Transport properties Research update Energy can be teleported over long distances, say physicists Quantum effect could occur in semiconductors and the early universe Read article: Energy can be teleported over long distances, say physicists
Philosophy, sociology and religion Opinion and reviews Moving the goalposts Robert P Crease finds that a new book on string theory offers progress for the philosophy of science Read article: Moving the goalposts