Gravity eases its pull

Gravity eases its pull: "Throwing theorists' equations into chaos, it has proved a major stumbling block to the creation of a single 'theory of everything'.
But a new analysis by Dr David Toms, a theoretical physicist at Newcastle University, now shows that gravity may at least make some fundamental calculations more manageable.
He has found that gravity seems to calm the electromagnetic force at high energies. The finding could make some calculations easier, and is a rare case in which gravity seems to work in harmony with quantum mechanics, the theory of small particles. His full paper is published today in Nature.
Dr Toms explains: 'The basic idea is that the value of the electric charge depends on how close you are to that charge."