The world’s measurement system will be based on updated values for four fundamental constants of nature. A revised SI ( the International System of Units ) based fully on accurate values of these ...

Capacitance-voltage (C-V) testing is widely used to determine semiconductor parameters, particularly in MOSCAP and MOSFET structures. However, other types of semiconductor devices and technologies ...

The watt balance—also known as the Kibble balance—is a precision electromechanical instrument that has revolutionised the realisation of the kilogram by linking it directly to the Planck constant.

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Measurements are, in both direct and indirect ways, a key to our society. They help us agree on a lot of important things that ...

Einsteinium was first created in 1952 in the aftermath of the first hydrogen bomb test on the island of Elugelab, which is now a part of the Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, located in the ...

If scientists had sacred objects, this would be one of them: a single, closely guarded 137-year-old cylinder of metal, housed in a vault outside of Paris. It is a prototype that precisely defines a ...