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Some researchers who use the LaTeX markup language for typesetting unknowingly make private information public.Credit: Tom Houghton/Nature Nearly all of the nearly three million articles available on the arXiv preprint server contain details that the authors never wanted to share, according to a new study. The study, uploaded to arXiv in April and presented at
United Nations Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies. United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2222 (XXI); entered into force on October 10, 1967. https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/treaties/outerspacetreaty.html (1967). Carpenter, J.M. Pulsed spallation neutron sources for slow neutron scattering. Core. Instrument. Methods 14591-113
Stephan Schlamminger (left) and colleague Vincent Lee with the equipment used to measure big G.Credit: R. Eskalis/NIST The value of the constant that describes the gravitational pull between objects, Big G, continues to baffle scientists. A decade-long replication experiment1 that involved moving equipment across the Atlantic has resulted in a number that disagrees with previous