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Telescopes and space missions Research update Fastest supercomputer overtaken by Roadrunner US machine will be used initially to model cosmology, astrophysics and the climate
Gravity Research update New tests of the Copernican Principle proposed Results could have implications for cosmic acceleration and dark energy
Telescopes and space missions Research update Gravity Probe B comes last in NASA review Panel recommendation is to cut funding of mission by September
Read article: BEC bubble could measure tiny forces Ultrafast science Research update BEC bubble could measure tiny forces Ultracold atoms could make highly sensitive ‘spirit level’
Read article: Information ‘not lost’ in black holes Stars and solar physics Research update Information ‘not lost’ in black holes The end may be in sight for the black hole "information paradox"
Read article: Neil Turok chosen to lead Perimeter Institute Quantum optics Research update Neil Turok chosen to lead Perimeter Institute Cambridge cosmologist says his switch to the Canadian centre is the "opportunity of a lifetime"
Read article: Quasar tests general relativity to the limit Gravity Research update Quasar tests general relativity to the limit Researchers also claim first hard evidence for black holes
Read article: John Wheeler: 1911-2008 Telescopes and space missions Research update John Wheeler: 1911-2008 Giant of physics who gave black holes their name dies at 96
Read article: Prototype gravitational-wave detector uses squeezed light Quantum optics Research update Prototype gravitational-wave detector uses squeezed light Use of quantum enhancement is a first