There is a common misconception among educators, and even some metrologists, that the Avogadro constant _N_~A~ is (or should be) a pure number, and not a constant of dimension *N*^–1^ (where *N* is ...

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 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 ...

This release is available in German. A milestone in the international Avogadro project coordinated by the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) has been reached: With the aid of a single crystal ...