All countries use the metric system to varying degrees. Most of the world has adopted the metric system as their official system of measurement with one major exception: the United States.

Scientists have approved the introduction of four new prefixes that can be applied to units of measurement in the metric system.

A metric prefix is a numerical multiplier that is placed before a basic unit of measure to indicate a specified multiple or fraction of that unit. They range from the smallest, 'yocto' (1 ...

The metric system is used by nearly every country in the world—except for a stubborn few. Why do countries like the U.S. continue to resist the global standard? In this video, we dive into the ...

The truth, however, is more complicated: Though imperial units are commonly used in the U.S., the metric system is actually the nation’s preferred system of measurement.

The conference meets every four years at Versailles; it’s in charge of the International System of Units, which is the running list of metric system units.

The battle of the standards: why the US and UK can’t stop fighting the metric system Metric units have conquered the globe, but in the US and the UK, their presence has become part of a culture ...

To handle an exponential growth in data, the metric system is getting its first update in three decades Based on the measuring system's new prefixes, Earth’s mass is about six ronnagrams. That ...

ADOT and DPS use the mile markers to keep things standard throughout the entire state highway system. "All signed in metric, but it's also signed in imperial units," Kath said.

New unit measurement prefixes are added to the metric system The mass of the Earth can now be measured as 6 ronnagrams rather than 6,000 yottagrams. An electron's mass can now be said to be about ...

Are Pirates Who Hijacked Measuring Tools Intended for Thomas Jefferson the Reason US Isn't Metric? "This country could have gone metric right from the beginning," the claim goes, "instead of being ...