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Arcline-Backed DwyerOmega Acquires Lake Shore Cryotronics

June 10, 2026 Office

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., June 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — DwyerOmega, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, today announced the acquisition of Lake Shore Cryotronics (“Lake Shore” or the “Company”). The acquisition strengthens DwyerOmega’s precision temperature measurement product offering in […]

Updated SI Brochure clarifies the status of non-SI units | BIPM News

June 4, 2026 Office

The SI Brochure is the authoritative document describing the International System of Units (SI), the world’s only internationally agreed system of units. The new version introduces revisions to the section on non-SI units and updates […]

Accuracy records set: Two research groups awarded Helmholtz Prizes | PTB Press Release

June 1, 2026 Office

Although the prefixes ‘nano’, ‘femto’ and ‘atto’ suggest something small, they often conceal significant physics and impressive technology. This year, two research groups have been awarded the Helmholtz Prize for setting accuracy records in their […]

Closeup of metal processing plant worker inspecting certain pieces of finished products. He's making sure that the steel cylinder has proper dimensions. He's using manual caliper device.

Metrology and Quality Through Education

April 29, 2026 Office

Carson, California, April 29, 2026 — The digital revolution driving how organizations function today is advancing at a pace where the foundational processes that prepare professionals, especially metrologists, with a challenge to remain current. Industry […]

NIST Weighs In on the Mystery of the Gravitational Constant | NIST News

April 16, 2026 Office

The time had come to open the envelope, but Stephan Schlamminger, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), wasn’t sure he wanted to know the secret number that lay inside. For […]

KBR’s Mission Technology Solutions Launches New Phoenix Lab to Advance Precision Measurement for High-Tech Industries

March 17, 2026 Office

Publish date Tue, 03/17/2026 – 12:00 KBR announced today the opening of its new Phoenix Metrology Engineering Center, an internationally accredited 4,500-square-foot facility providing advanced measurement, precision calibration and engineering services to commercial and national […]

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Space: The Final Frontier for Standards | NIST News

February 19, 2026 Office

Wrapped snugly in a custom container, seven carefully chosen materials left Earth on Aug. 24, 2025, traveling at 17,500 mph. Nestled at the top of a Falcon 9 rocket, house dust, freeze-dried human liver and […]

KIER Successfully Develops Korea-Made “Calibration Thermoelectric Module” for Measuring Thermoelectric Device Performance | KIER Media

January 22, 2026 Office

2025-01-05 A “standard reference thermoelectric module (SRTEM)*” for objectively measuring thermoelectric module performance has been developed in Korea for the first time. A research team led by Dr. Sang Hyun Park at the Korea Institute […]