Scientists vote to change the kilogram

The kilogram is making history as scientists vote to give it an update for the first time in a century.

Scientists vote to change the kilogram

The kilogram is making history as scientists vote to give it an update for the first time in a century.

Up to now, it has been defined by a golf-ball sized metal cylinder locked in a vault in France, but now the baseline measure is "going electronic".

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