Read article: Decimal time: life in a world where our days are divided differently
Decimal time: life in a world where our days are divided differently
Betty Barber reviews The Clockwork Conspiracy by Sam Sedgman
Read article: Decimal time: life in a world where our days are divided differently
Read article: Body-based units of measurement offer advantages over standardized systems, speaking of Oppenheimer
Body-based units of measurement offer advantages over standardized systems, speaking of Oppenheimer
This podcast looks at traditional measurement units around the world
Read article: Physicists measure the fine structure constant directly for the first time
Physicists measure the fine structure constant directly for the first time
New technique could lead to clearer tests of whether this fundamental constant is truly constant
Read article: Fundamental constant measured at highest precision yet
Fundamental constant measured at highest precision yet
New value for the fine-structure constant agrees with Standard Model predictions while constraining existence of dark sector
Read article: Shifting fundamental constants could be revealed by shrinking crystals
Shifting fundamental constants could be revealed by shrinking crystals
LIGO-style interferometer could join the hunt for physics beyond the Standard Model
Read article: SI gets a makeover
SI gets a makeover
A key meeting this month is likely to see all SI units defined for the first time in terms of fundamental constants. Benjamin Skuse explains the change
Read article: World Metrology Day: Celebrating an underappreciated science
World Metrology Day: Celebrating an underappreciated science
The UK's National Physical Laboratory opens its doors to shed light on everyday units and the work that goes into defining them
Read article: Antimatter hyperfine splitting is measured at CERN
Antimatter hyperfine splitting is measured at CERN
Antihydrogen has the same spectrum as hydrogen
Read article: Flash Physics: Gold theory and experiment reunited, fish in space, Brexit implications for universities
Flash Physics: Gold theory and experiment reunited, fish in space, Brexit implications for universities
Today's selection of need-to-know updates from the world of physics
Read article: Antiatoms yield their first optical spectrum
Antiatoms yield their first optical spectrum
Result paves the way to high-precision tests of matter-antimatter asymmetry
