Top physicist to quit ‘amateur’ Britain after Stephen Hawking snub

One of the leading theoretical physicists in Britain is to leave for Canada, having failed to receive funding for his plan to set up an institute in honour of Stephen Hawking, his friend and colleague. Neil Turok, professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge University, will now realise his ambition at the Perimeter Institute in Ontario.

Nobel-winning physicist Willis Lamb dies at 94 (AP)

AP - Willis E. Lamb Jr., a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose work on the electron structure of the hydrogen atom revolutionized the quantum theory of matter, has died. He was 94.

Physicist who developed the atom bomb, dead at 96

Physicist John Wheeler, who had a key role in the development of the atom bomb and later gave the space phenomenon black holes their name, has died at 96.

John A. Wheeler, 96; physicist coined the term 'black hole'

John A. Wheeler, the fertile-minded physicist who popularized mind-stretching ideas about black holes, worm holes and quantum foam and also confounded admirers by helping to conceive some of the most potent weapons of mass destruction, has died. He was 96.

Physicist: Bolt could have run 9.55 in Beijing

A physicist has done the math, and says Usain Bolt could have run the 100-meter Olympic final in 9.55 seconds if he had not slowed down to showboat.

Physicist Says Particle Will be Seen

The "father" of an elusive subatomic particle said Monday he is almost sure it will be discovered in the next year in a race between powerful research equipment in the United States and Europe.