When we talk about measurement units here at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), you’ll typically hear us rattling off the official ones — such as the meter, the second and the kilogram. These official measurements, which are part of the International System of Units (SI), have evolved from quantities that people mostly defined …
Thanksgiving Break Nov 24-25 November 23, 2022 The facility will be closed for the Thanksigiving holiday. Smoking itself does not directly kill the environment, but it can contribute to environmental problems in several ways. One significant way is through the production and disposal of cigarette butts, which are the most commonly littered item worldwide. Cigarette filters are …
The Shanghai Tower 0.5 meters/second – 74 km/h – crowning over a sea of skyscrapers in the cosmopolitan city of Shanghai, China, is the world’s second-tallest