Astrophysicist Saul Perlmutter is part of the team that was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery that the expansion of the universe is not slowing down but is accelerating. The results of that research suggest the universe is filled with dark energy.
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/14/142248148/exploring-supernovas-leads-to-physics-nobel-prize
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Ig Nobel Prizes Celebrate Some Suspect Science — Ponytail physics, the sloshing in a coffee cup, and an opera about the universe feature in this year’s Ig Nobel Prize ceremony.
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Scientific American looks at the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, which was awarded to John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent.
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