by Gene Chong edited by Caley Allen and Arielle Mensch Happy Mole Day from the CSN! This is our third annual post for Mole Day (check out the posts for 2014 and 2015), so it is …
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What’s in a Unit Anyway? Part 2: When is a Kilogram Not a Kilogram?
by Mike Schwartz In my last post, I told you about how scientists measure amazingly cool things that can be vastly different in size, like elementary particles or very distant dwarf planets and their moons. …
What’s in a Unit Anyway? Part 1: From Protons to Galaxies
by Mike Schwartz If you’re like me, you often find yourself thinking about random things. For example, just the other day I was thinking to myself, “what’s the diameter of a gold nanoparticle* in light …