Scientists and policy makers from around 60 nations voted unanimously Friday to redefine the kilogram. The decision at the General Conference on Weights and Measures in Versailles, France was greeted ...

Deep underneath the Parisian suburb of Saint-Cloud, in a vault that can only be opened by three people wielding three different keys, there lies a hunk of metal that is so crucial to the world of ...

There’s a new kilogram in town. Scientists from around the world met today at the General Conference on Weights and Measures in Versailles, France, and unanimously voted for a new definition of the ...

For 129 years, the kilogram has been defined by a lump of metal in a French vault -- but that's about to change. Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that.

A kilo is a kilo is a kilo, right? Wrong. Monday marks World Metrology Day, and this year’s edition sees a big change in the way the kilogram unit is defined. In November last year, scientists and ...

PARIS — It may not change how you buy bananas, but scientists have voted to redefine the value of a kilogram, in what they called a landmark decision that will boost the accuracy of scientific ...

Since 1889, Le Grand K, a sleek cylinder of platinum-iridium metal, has ruled from its underground vault in Paris. An absolute monarch, it was the very definition of 1 kilogram of mass. Scientists ...

If you’ve weighed yourself recently, it may be some comfort to know that what you think you weigh is wrong. That’s because the International Bureau of Weights and Measures has voted to change the way ...

A kilo is a kilo is a kilo, right? Wrong. Monday marks World Metrology Day, and this year's edition sees a big change in the way the kilogram unit is defined. Other WRAL Top Stories In November last ...

PARIS (Reuters) - It may not change how you buy bananas, but scientists have voted to redefine the value of a kilogram, in what they called a landmark decision that will boost the accuracy of ...