Electromagnetism Constant changing?

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http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20071012-16699-2.html

A Swinburne astrophysicist has leapt another hurdle in the path
to proving that our fundamental theories of physics are not what
they seem.

Dr Michael Murphy is part of a team that has, over recent years,
uncovered surprising and controversial evidence suggesting the
laws of physics may have been changing through cosmic time. In
this latest move, Murphy has debunked a study which claimed to
disprove his findings.

Any opinions on this?

 

[sol invictus]

Any opinions on this?

When this result was first announced some years ago, it was extremely interesting and greeted with excitement (and skepticism). There are a number of ways one could understand theoretically why the fine-structure constant might change with time, and all of them have very important and interesting consequences. Unfortunately the effect hasn't been confirmed by subsequent studies - and quite a few different groups have tried.

I'd give it a very small chance of being correct, but if it is, it's one of the most important discoveries of the last century.