Meet the metric system’s newest prefixes: ronna-, quetta-, ronto- and quecto-. Science News spoke with Richard Brown, head of metrology at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, England, ...

The metric prefixes mega, kilo, deci, centi, milli, micro are defined. Introduction to Chemistry - Metric Conversions: the metric prefixes mega, kilo, deci, centi, milli, micro are defined, and ...

It always fascinates us that every single thing that is made had to be designed by someone. Even something as simple as a bag and box that holds cereal. Someone had to work out the dimensions, the ...

The Earth's mass can now be expressed as six ronnagrams after scientists voted to add new metric prefixes AFP News Say hello to ronnagrams and quettametres: International scientists gathered in France ...

Other units are based on these basic units but have a prefix in front. The prefix tells you how much bigger or smaller the unit is: ...

Paris (AFP) – Say hello to ronnagrams and quettametres: International scientists gathered in France voted on Friday for new metric prefixes to express the world's largest and smallest measurements, ...