An ongoing international effort to redefine the kilogram by 2018 has been helped by recent efforts from a team researchers from Italy, Japan and Germany to correlate two of the most precise ...

The International System of Units (with the abbreviation of SI units) is one of the foundations of modern science. It consists of seven base units from which all others can be derived. These are the ...

Looking for a way to better yourself — or your carbon footprint, or your understanding of food? Avogadro’s Number, 605 South Mason Street in Fort Collins, is hosting a free panel discussion at 5 p.m.

The metric system is on track for a mass makeover. In an effort to provide accurate measurements at all scales, scientists are preparing to redefine four basic units by the end of 2018. The shift will ...

I MUST plead guilty to the charge of not having made a very deep search of the older literature in connexion with the evaluation of ‘Avogadro's Number’. This name has only come into general use in ...

How many atoms are there in a kilogram of silicon? This number is Avogadro’s constant and working out its value is one of the more important tasks that materials scientists face. Today, a group of ...