This modern take on a 200 year old gravity experiment could help find dark matter slashgear.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from slashgear.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Researchers at the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, led by Markus Aspelmeyer have succeeded in measuring the gravitational field of a gold sphere, just 2 mm in diameter, using a highly sensitive pendulum - and thus the smallest gravitational force. The experiment opens up new possibilities for testing the laws of gravity on previously unattained small scales. The results are published in the journal Nature.
UNSW researchers lead Australian Academy of Science top honours miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.