SI Units: In our daily lives, we use measurements constantly, whether it is checking the temperature, weighing vegetables, or measuring the distance between two places. But imagine how confusing it ...

The SI system, adopted in 1960, provides a globally consistent framework for measurements. Learn about this International System of Units (SI) with a comprehensive list of all SI units and their ...

A flaw in the system leaves physicists grappling with dimensionless units. Water is a precious resource. So protest erupted when, last September, India’s Supreme Court ordered Karnataka state to ...

Taking the first steps of what would be a major historical advance in the science of measurement, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology is participating in a worldwide effort to ...

It always fascinates us that every single thing that is made had to be designed by someone. Even something as simple as a bag and box that holds cereal. Someone had to work out the dimensions, the ...

SI Unit: Every measurement we make, be it for length, time, temperature, or electric current, needs a standard unit so that results are understood universally. To maintain uniformity worldwide, ...

Weighty matters: a platinum-iridium kilogram belonging to the US National Institute of standards and Technology. (Courtesy: J.L. Lee/NIST) Metrologists and policy-makers from 60 countries around the ...