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After a decade of measurement, NIST reports a value for Newton's constant below the French benchmark

A NIST team using a torsion balance measured the gravitational constant at 6.67387×10⁻¹¹ m³/kg/s², 0.0235% lower than a 2007 result from the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France.

Aug 8