Happy Mole Day. Yes. Mole Day. Just about every month this is some special day. There's Gravity Day, e-Day, Pi-Day, and Talk Like a Pirate Day. Mole Day celebrates the mole unit. That same mole you ...

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Versailles, Nov. 19 (BNA): A significant decision was taken on November 16, as scientists from around the world met at the 26th General Conference on Weights and Measures in Versailles, France, and ...

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It doesn’t happen too often, but after a vote that took place earlier today near Paris, science textbooks really will have to be rewritten. At the Congress Chamber in the Palace of Versailles, ...

Scientific units are set to receive their biggest shake-up since the inception of the modern metric system in 1960. The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) -- one of three committees ...