BRITISH SCIENTISTS LEAD PROJECT TO MEASURE THE UNMEASURABLE

BY KEITH NUTHALL A BRITISH science team is leading new European Union (EU) research that seeks to measure phenomena that have thus far been un-measurable. The UK National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, is heading up a 'measurement of naturalness' project that is part of the EU Sixth Framework Project 'measuring the impossible' series of studies. They aim to break ground in producing guidelines in quantifying perception, which has been considered thus far in the subjective realm of likes and dislikes. Measurement specialists, such as those at the physical ...


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