Metric units are universally followed in most countries. The metric system was first introduced in France in 1799 and since then has been further refined and has become an international decimalised ...

Units from the metric system can be used to describe the mass, volume or length of an object. Mass is measured in grams (g) and kilograms (kg). Volume is measured in millilitres (ml) and litres (l).

Taking the first steps of what would be a major historical advance in the science of measurement, the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology is participating in a worldwide effort to ...

When I asked in a tweet: “Has anyone got any genuine reasons why imperial is better than metric?” – I had over 2,000 replies in just over 24 hours. Did it help me make up my mind? One argument for ...

THROUGHOUT MUCH of human history, man has been the measure of many, if not all, things. Lengths were divided up into feet, palms, spans and smaller units derived from the human hand. Other measures ...

The government will review whether traders can sell produce using imperial measurements, post-Brexit. Under EU rules, traders can display imperial measurements alongside metric, but the imperial ...

The scenario is all too familiar—a child is rushed to the emergency department with a suspected overdose, after receiving a medication at home. The parents or caregivers are concerned they may have ...

America’s reluctance to convert to the metric system was once famously lampooned by television’s longest-running animated sitcom, "The Simpsons," in an episode from way back in the Nineties. During a ...

Effortlessly switch between different metric units using our Metric System Converter, which allows for smooth conversions between meters, kilometers, kilocalories, and kilojoules. Metric units are ...