Binary Black Hole Evolutions
With collaborators, develops stable numerical evolutions of orbiting black holes through merger and ringdown using moving punctures.
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2006 in United States of America — Page 2
Explore 62 historical events and records for United States of America in 2006.
Historical records for United States of America in 2006
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Dark Energy Detected in Young Universe
Riess uses distant Hubble supernovae to trace acceleration farther back in time and strengthen evidence that dark energy behaves approximately like a cosmological constant.
Departed
Directs, The Departed
Flags of Our Fathers
Directs Flags of Our Fathers, one of two companion films about the Battle of Iwo Jima.
HgTe Quantum Spin Hall Prediction
With collaborators, predicts a quantum spin Hall state in mercury-telluride quantum wells.
Honorary Academy Award
Robert Altman received an honorary Academy Award recognizing his lifetime contributions to filmmaking.
Inside Man
Directs Inside Man, a bank-heist thriller starring Denzel Washington and Clive Owen.
Iwo Jima Films
Directs Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima as companion war films.
Legislation
Bush signs into law the Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act, marking the first federal legislation to be enacted with Obama as its primary sponsor.
Letters from Iwo Jima
Directs Letters from Iwo Jima, presenting the battle from the Japanese perspective.
Man of the Year. Appears in Hairspray
Appears in Man of the Year. Appears in Hairspray
Marie Antoinette
Directs Marie Antoinette, presenting the French queen through a deliberately contemporary visual and musical style.
Mission: Impossible III
Stars in Mission: Impossible III
Neptune Atmospheric Monitoring
Long-term Hubble observations continue tracking changes in Neptune's clouds and large-scale atmospheric features.
Next
Publication of "Next"
Scoop
Wtites, "Scoop"
Single-Electron Magnetic Moment Measurement
Uses a single trapped electron to make an exceptionally precise measurement of the electron magnetic moment.
State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III
Publication of "State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III"
The Road
Publication of "The Road"
Toby Award Rabbit Hole Actress
Cynthia Nixon earned the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her depiction of a grieving mother in Rabbit Hole.
Tour de France
Winner of the Tour de France
V for Vendetta
Stars as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta, shaving her head on screen for the role.
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