Semilab buys solar metrology firm
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Semilab Inc. has acquired the assets of Tordivel Solar AS for an undisclosed amount of cash. As part of the deal, the majority of Tordivel Solar employees have now been engaged […]
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Smart Grid Panel Agrees on Data-Exchange Standards for Electricity Usage
NIST News February 11, 2011 Washington, DC – The governing board of the public-private Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has voted in favor of a new standard important for two-way data communications between utilities and […]
Obama Administration’s Budget Request for NIST Includes Critical Science and Technology Investments to Advance U.S. Innovation and Boost Economic Recovery
February 13, 2011, Washington, D.C. – Announced today, President Barack Obama’s fiscal year (FY) 2012 budget submitted to Congress for the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes a funding level […]
Danaher to Acquire Beckman Coulter, Inc. for $83.50 per share or $6.8 Billion
Washington, D.C., February 7, 2011 – Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR) announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Beckman Coulter, Inc. (NYSE: BEC) pursuant to which Danaher will acquire Beckman Coulter by […]
Multichoice for Fluke MET/CAL®
Currently MET/CAL® procedures can only be programmed to ask the operator a Yes or No question. MultiChoice is a MET/CAL® add-on application that allows the programmer to ask the operator a question with a list […]
End of an Era: NIST to Cease Calibrating Mercury Thermometers
Beginning March 1, 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will no longer provide calibration services for mercury thermometers. The cessation of the mercury thermometer calibration program marks the end of an era […]
The Fate of the Kilo Weighs Heavily on the Minds of Metrologists
In a vault beneath a 17th-century pavilion on the outskirts of Paris sits a platinum cylinder known as Le Grand K. Since 1889 it has been the international prototype for the kilogram, the standard against […]
NIST advances single photon management for quantum computers
The quantum computers of tomorrow might use photons, or particles of light, to move around the data they need to make calculations, but photons are tricky to work with. Two new papers* by researchers working […]