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Artifacts, Begone! NIST Improves Its Flagship Device for Measuring Mass | NIST

January 18, 2023 Office

In a brightly lit subterranean lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sits a room-sized electromechanical machine called the NIST-4 Kibble balance.The instrument can already measure the mass of objects of roughly […]

Fluke Calibration 5560A Multi-Product Calibrator

January 17, 2023 Office

The 5560A defines a new class of multi-product electrical calibrators with a host of new technologies to meet the demands of modern calibration labs EVERETT, Wash., Jan. 17, 2023 — Calibration technicians are facing increasing workloads […]

Ocean Color System Gets a ‘Refresh,’ Allowing for More Precise and Accurate Measurements | NIST

January 3, 2023 Office

January 03, 2023 We typically think of the ocean’s color as blue, but in some places, it looks blue-green. That’s because those areas are teeming with single-cell plants called phytoplankton, which contain chlorophyll and reflect […]

Force Calibration Guidance for Beginners, Part 2

December 31, 2022 Office

by Henry Zumbrun This two-part article was written to help anyone new to force. Even seasoned metrologists or technicians with years of experience may learn something new, or maybe this document can act as a […]

Effects of Impurities on the Freezing Plateau of the Triple Point of Water

December 31, 2022 Office

by Xiaoke Yan, et al. The influence of impurities on the shape of the freezing curves of the triple point of water (TPW) in three small TPW cells was investigated using the freezing curve analysis […]

Practitioner’s Perspective on the GUM Revision, Part II: Examples and Resolutions to the Ballico Paradox

December 31, 2022 Office

by Hening Huang This paper is the second one (Part II) in a series of two papers (Part I and Part II) designated to provide practitioner’s perspective on the GUM revision. Part I has discussed […]

NIST SURF for Career Success: Announcing 2023 OWM Undergraduate Research Opportunities | NIST

December 15, 2022 Office

Undergraduate students… are you looking for an extraordinary opportunity to propel your professional development and career forward? Well, there’s nothing quite like the experience of participating in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) […]

To Break New Ground With Frequency Combs, a NIST Innovation Plays With the Beat | NIST

October 24, 2022 Office

An improvement to a Nobel Prize-winning technology called a frequency comb enables it to measure light pulse arrival times with greater sensitivity than was previously possible — potentially improving measurements of distance along with applications […]