Revamping the kilogram for the quantum age
Scientists have voted to set aside the kilo’s historical referent—a platinum cylinder in Paris—in favor of a natural constant. Why does it matter?
Read the article in Undark.
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Scientists have voted to set aside the kilo’s historical referent—a platinum cylinder in Paris—in favor of a natural constant. Why does it matter?
Read the article in Undark.