Retrieving data from a black hole (Mar 2)
http://physicsweb.org/article/news/10/3/1

Quantum information could be retrieved from a black hole, according to
new calculations by a theoretical physicist in the US. Seth Lloyd of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found that only a tiny amount
of information -- just half a quantum bit, or "qubit" -- is lost from
the black hole regardless of how many bits are in the hole to begin
with. The unexpected discovery means that a black hole could behave as a
good quantum computer and be used to perform useful calculations -- if
only we knew how to program it (Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 061302).

See: http://physicsweb.org/article/news/10/3/1