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Master optician Achim Leistner measures the roundness of a sphere; Making what is probably the roundest object in the world; Australia weighs in to make the perfect kilogram

Australian scientists and optical engineers will be making a perfect sphere that may one day re-define the kilogram - and tomorrow they're taking delivery of the cylinder of silicon from which it will be made.

The kilogram is one of seven base units in the International System (SI) used in...  


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