why a tiny, tiny measurement may be a big leap forward for physics
- Written by: Sam Baron, Associate Professor, Philosophy of Science, The University of Melbourne
ShutterstockJust over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever.
In a clever tabletop experiment, researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands, the University of Southampton in the UK, and the Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies in Italy measured a force of around...
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