Metrology in the balance
Robert P Crease examines what could be the biggest overhaul in metrology since the French Revolution
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Pyramid metrologists
Robert P Crease looks at strange attempts to use the Great Pyramid of Giza as a measurement standard
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Au revoir, kilogram
Robert P Crease witnesses one of the last inspections of the official SI kilogram standard
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Missed metric moment
Robert P Crease bemoans the US's failure to capitalize on an early opportunity to go metric
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Condensate created in freefall
Experiment paves way for BECs in space
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Plan for ‘nuclear clock’ unveiled
Solid-state system could be far simpler than atomic clocks
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It’s high-NOON for five photons
Entanglement technique could boost quantum metrology
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New optical clock breaks accuracy record
Aluminium-ion device makes use of quantum logic
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Your favourite units
Robert P Crease explains the enduring popularity of non-SI units, including the ox-day, firkin and litre
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Atomic spins measure ultracold temperatures
New thermometer could work down to a few trillionths of a Kelvin
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