The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) is planning to review four units of measure, including the crucial kilogram, at a meeting that's currently ongoing from October 16 to 20.

A metric prefix is a numerical multiplier that is placed before a basic unit of measure to indicate a specified multiple or fraction of that unit. The 20 recognized metric prefixes have been specified ...

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 ...

In the biggest overhaul of the international system of units since 1875, countries have voted to redefine four basic units of measurement — the ampere, the kilogram, the kelvin and the mole. At a ...

From being used in science experiments to weighing everyday objects, the kilogram has been a useful unit of measurement that has remained unchanged for more than a century now. That run could be ...