(Phys.org) —After two years of difficult and meticulous work examining, refurbishing, and testing the aging workhorse watt balance called NIST-3, PML researchers have used the instrument to obtain ...

The remarkable thing about our universe is that it’s possible to explore at least some of its inner workings with very simple tools. Gravity is one example, to which [Galileo]’s inclined planes and ...

Physicists in the US say that they have used publicly available data from global positioning system (GPS) satellites to put a limit on how much Planck’s constant might vary from place to place. Their ...

A high-tech version of an old-fashioned balance scale at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has just brought scientists a critical step closer toward a new and improved ...

We aren’t sure if [Looking Glass Universe] didn’t trust the accepted number for Planck’s constant, or just wanted the experience of measuring it herself. Either way, she took some LEDs and worked out ...

Editor’s Note: If you haven’t watched season 3 of “Stranger Things” and don’t want to be spoiled, stop reading! Season 3 of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” expresses a subtle appreciation of science and ...