Natalie Wolchover writes via Quanta Magazine: As fundamental constants go, the speed of light, c, enjoys all the fame, yet c’s numerical value says nothing about nature; it differs depending on whether it’s measured in meters per second or miles per hour. The fine-structure constant, by contrast, has no dimensions or units. It’s a pure number that shapes the universe to…
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Researchers improve the measurement of a fundamental physical constant
The validation and application of theories in physics require the measurement of universal values known as fundamental constants. …
Physicists Search Universe for Evidence That a Fundamental Force of Nature Is Out of Whack
Physicists are scouring the universe for evidence that one of the fundamental constants of nature, Newton’s gravity, is not constant at all. Source: https://www.livescience.com/search-for-newton-gravity-changing.html