Units by DixonD

Defined as 10^-28 m^2, what unit of area used to measure nuclear cross-sections was supposedly coined by Enrico Fermi when someone remarked on how small it was, prompting him to respond, "It's as big as a ____!"

A "Dobson Unit", equal to 0.001 atm-cm, is used to measure the thickness of the layer of what gas in the lower stratosphere?

What unit of pressure, virtually identical to a millimeter of mercury, was named for the student of Galileo who created the first barometer?

Named after a 19th-century German physicist, what electromagnetic unit is equivalent to a volt-second, according to Faraday's Law?

The atomic mass unit, sometimes called "u", has what alternate name, from the British chemist who revived atomic theory in the early 1800's?

One "curie" (Ci) is equal to 37 billion of what unit of radioactivity, named for the scientist who shared a Nobel Prize with the Curies?

What antiquated unit originally meant the distance a person could walk in an hour, but is more-commonly associated with sea travel?

The "Scoville heat unit" (SHU) is an inexact measurement of the concentration of what organic compound, also known as 8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide.

The energy released by supernovae are often measured in "foe", a unit equal to 10^51 times what cgs unit of energy?

A "byte" is equal to eight "bits". Half a byte, or four bits, is sometimes given what masticatory name?

The essayist Cullen Murphy coined what unit for measuring celebrity, one million of which is equal to 28.5 years of fame?

Half a million Twitter followers is equal to one of what unit, named for a former child actor who starred in the movie "Stand By Me"?