A researcher at the Department of Physics at Tohoku University has uncovered a surprising quantum phenomenon hidden inside ...

High-precision laser spectroscopy measurements on the thorium-229 nucleus could reveal new physics, say TU Wien physicists ...

One of physics’ most fundamental constants just got a little more constant. Physicists have placed the strictest limit yet on how much the fine structure constant — which determines how strongly ...

Billions of years ago the strength of the electromagnetic interaction was different at opposite ends of universe. That’s the surprising conclusion of a group of physicists in Australia, who have ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A fundamental constant of the universe may not be soconstant after all, according to a new study.

A crucial number that rules the universe goes big in a strange quantum material. The fine-structure constant is about 10 times its normal value in a type of material called quantum spin ice, ...

The gravitational constant describes the intrinsic strength of gravity, and can be used to calculate the gravitational pull between two objects. The gravitational pull between two objects can be ...

Images made with the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii show how light from two distant galaxies is distorted into multiple images. UC Davis astronomers have made a new estimate of the Hubble Constant, ...

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One of the most dissatisfying aspects of modern physics is the fundamental constants. It’s not that they are constant that bothers anyone, it is their very existence that is offensive to ...