A group of researchers from the University of Helsinki have carried out the first globally comprehensive analysis of the use and distribution of body-based units of measure. By analysing digital ...

Length, time and volume are all examples of quantities close quantityA property that can exist as a magnitude, usually with a numerical value. For example, speed (quantity) is measured in metres per ...

As ever more digital data is created and stored, the world needs more unit measurements to keep up with the ever-expanding numbers. To do so, the 27th General Conference on Weights and Measures on ...

Humans have a need to quantify things. And sometimes the usual measurements — feet, meters, grams — are not good enough. Or funny enough. Sometimes you need to express things in bananas, Helens, or ...