The National Measurement Institute reports there will be a vote today on a, “landmark redefinition of the kilogram.” The General Conference on Weights and Measures is meeting at Versailles, chaired by its president and NMI Australia CEO, Barry Inglis. A kilo is now defined by a platinum-iridium cylinder, stored in France for 130 years, which has changed over time and could be unstable.
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