As ever more digital data is created and stored, the world needs more unit measurements to keep up with the ever-expanding numbers. To do so, the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures on ...

You know kilo, centi, and milli, but how about ronto? Four new metric prefixes got the official stamp of approval last week at the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures held at Versailles, ...

Scientists have approved the introduction of four new prefixes that can be applied to units of measurement in the metric system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...