October 18, 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of the International System of Units, also known as the SI System. Resolution 12 of the 11th meeting of the CGPM (1960) established the system as the world ...
Taking the first steps of what would be a major historical advance in the science of measurement, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is participating in a worldwide effort to ...
Balancing act The two systems of measurement – imperial and metric – are often used together in UK shops. (Courtesy: iStock/Paolo Paradiso) When I was at primary school in the 1960s, measurements were ...
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