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28 January 2009
Scientific Steering Committee on Physiological Quantities
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FUNDAMENTAL CONSTANTS

Introduction

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The task of the BIPM is to ensure world-wide uniformity of measurements and their traceability to the International System of Units (SI).

It does this with the authority of the Convention of the Metre, a diplomatic treaty between fifty-one nations, and it operates through a series of Consultative Committees, whose members are the national metrology laboratories of the Member States of the Convention, and through its own laboratory work.

The BIPM carries out measurement-related research. It takes part in, and organizes, international comparisons of national measurement standards, and it carries out calibrations for Member States.

CODATA Task Group on Fundamental Constants (TGFC)

Highlights


	Call for tender : The BIPM is issuing a call for tender for the supply of Formaldehyde and Methane Analysers based on Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy – deadline 30 January 2009 KCDB Newsletter : Issue 10 is now available – December 2008 An extra second in 2008 : The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) has reported that a positive leap second will be introduced in UTC at the end of 31 December 2008. From 1 January 2009 at 0 h UTC, and until further notice, the difference between UTC and TAI will be UTC – TAI = –34 s. – What time is it now? Job vacancy : Research Fellow – Physicist or Engineer for superconducting cryogenics – deadline 15 February 2009 A Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation has been signed between the BIPM, the OIML, and UNIDO : The purpose of this strategic partnership is to enhance the impact of industrial development on economic growth, to minimize technical barriers to trade, and to assist in the beneficial integration of developing countries and transition economies into the global economy. – See also: JCDCMAS Job vacancy : Editor – deadline 15 January 2009 Call for tender : The BIPM is issuing a call for tender for the supply of a Transportable Superconducting Magnet System and a Cryostat with variable temperature sample insert – deadline 13 January 2009 Job vacancy : Research Fellow – Postdoctoral Research Assistant on Development of stable mass standards – deadline 15 January 2009 Job vacancy : Research Fellow – Postdoctoral Research Assistant on Laser-based ozone cross-section and concentration measurements – deadline 15 January 2009 Job vacancy : Analytical Chemistry Technician – deadline 30 December 2008 Job vacancy : Physical Measurement Technician – deadline 30 December 2008 [ See more highlights ]

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