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