The constants they are a changin': NIST posts latest adjustments to fundamental figures

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 - 04:30 in Physics & Chemistry

The electromagnetic force has gotten a little stronger, gravity a little weaker, and the size of the smallest "quantum" of energy is now known a little better. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted the latest internationally recommended values of the fundamental constants of nature.

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