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Why scientists killed the old kilogram after 130 years and rewrote the standard

For more than a century, a single metal cylinder in a Paris vault quietly defined what a kilogram was. After 130 years, ...
IFLScience

Scientists To Unveil New Scales For Redefined Kilogram Later This Year

Next year, the kilogram will be officially redefined but don’t worry it won’t change how much a kilogram is, only how we actually measure it. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign ...
The Baltimore Sun

Scientist builds toward weighty endeavor Scale could check kilogram accuracy

GAITHERSBURG — When Paul T. Olsen finishes tinkering with his ultrasensitive scale, the fate of the kilogram could hang in the balance. The soft-spoken, 55-year-old scientist at the National Institute ...