Of all the fundamental constants in physics, the gravitational constant, "big G", is the least well known. Now a team of physicists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado in the US have made the most accurate measurement of G ever. The team used laser interferometry to make the measurement (Science 282 2230).
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