Smartphones are useful for a lot of things. You can even use one as a ruler in a pinch. Generally speaking, you won’t replace your trusty yard stick. A phone is simply too small for anything other ...

Physicists have discovered that nanospheres combined with a nanorod dimer could be used to solve the problem of measurement sensitivity at the nanoscale. With the advent of nanometer-sized machines, ...

Since the scale line of a general ruler has a width, many people have had the experience of trying to draw a line of the correct length with a ruler and wondering 'how far should I draw this scale ...

Tim Morrin is the observation program leader at the New York office of the National Weather Service. It’s his job to marshal a network of weather watchers who chronicle everything from temperature and ...

Measuring ice accumulations on the tree in the front yard is not as easy as just measuring the total thickness of the ice with a ruler.But if you're looking for something to try out during this latest ...

Admit it, the iPhone in your pocket is like a Swiss Army Knife - it’s easy to carry and has a tool for almost every job; oh yeah, and it makes phone calls too. A ruler isn’t something you need all the ...

A team of astronomers led by Nikhil Padmanabhan and David Schlegel has published the largest three-dimensional map of the universe ever constructed, a wedge-shaped slice of the cosmos that spans a ...

An upcoming feature for PowerToys can measure the distance between objects on a screen. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Microsoft ...

When ancient Greek philosopher Protagoras said “man is the measure of all things,” he may well have been making a philosophical point about the state of mankind, but he was also uttering the literal ...

We've gotten less snow in the Hudson Valley in recent years, but when it does snow, every time it snows, the question swirls before the flakes stop falling: "How much did we get?" Believe it or not, ...