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Perfect Silicon Sphere to Redefine the Kilogram

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the weights-and-measures dept.

MrCreosote writes "The Age reports optical specialists at CSIRO are helping create a new standard for the kilogram, based on a precise number of atoms in a perfect sphere of silicon. This will replace the International Prototype, a lump of metal alloy in a vault in Paris."

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  1. Re:alternate theories by Gilmoure · · Score: 0, Troll

    In Soviet Russia, Beowulf duck weighs Guinness bar towel!

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  2. Re:alternate theories by Joebert · · Score: 0, Troll

    Put dem on da cona 2 git mi mudafukin muny !

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