Many readers will recall from high-school physics that one of the metric system’s references for the standardized length of a meter was a rod of platinum-iridium alloy. Those two metals provide a ...

Research and industrial markets supplier Goodfellow highlights the “exceptional” properties of platinum/iridium alloys, which make the alloys suitable for use in electronics within the medical field.

Fashion is more that just clothing. It can represent an ideal and a state of mind. It can speak to the world in a way that words can’t. It is about more than fabric. It can be a lifestyle. We recently ...

THE Warden of the Standards has, in his valuable annual reports, described the steps which have been taken to secure new International Metric Standards, and Mr. Chisholm has also given abundant ...