Une étude lie les constantes fondamentales à la vie grâce à l'écoulement des liquides

8 mai 2026

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Une nouvelle analyse de l'université Queen Mary de Londres suggère que les constantes physiques de l'univers occupent une plage étroite permettant aux liquides de s'écouler correctement à l'intérieur des cellules vivantes.

Des chercheurs dirigés par le physicien Kostya Trachenko soutiennent que même de faibles variations de valeurs telles que la constante de Planck ou la charge de l'électron modifieraient suffisamment la viscosité pour perturber le transport des nutriments, le repliement des protéines et d'autres processus cellulaires nécessaires à la vie.

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