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NIST Researchers Boost Microwave Signal Stability a Hundredfold | NIST

May 21, 2020 Office

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used state-of-the-art atomic clocks, advanced light detectors, and a measurement tool called a frequency comb to boost the stability of microwave signals a hundredfold. […]

NIM Newsletter Launched | National Institute of Metrology of China | NIM

May 10, 2020 Office

The first issue of NIM Newsletter is now available online. It is a new way of sharing updates on NIM’s research and operation with friends around the world. This Issue comes at a special time […]

Reliable measurement of magnetic fields on the nanometer scale – PTB.de

May 7, 2020 Office

PTB-News 2.2020 So far, no internationally standardized measurement procedures have been available to measure magnetic field distributions that vary spatially on the nanometer scale. The NanoMag EMPIR metrology research project, which was spearheaded by PTB […]

New instrument for comparing primary standards of pure β-emitting radionuclides – BIPM News

April 30, 2020 Office

The accurate measurement of radioactivity is essential for applications of ionizing radiation such as medical imaging, cancer therapy and environmental protection. To ensure that such measurements are harmonized world-wide, the BIPM operates a set of […]

Helmholtz Prize for high-precision measurements of the theory of relativity and nanomaterials – PTB.de

April 8, 2020 Office

From fundamental physics related to Einstein’s special theory of relativity to fundamentals of metrological applications in the range of thousandths of micrometers (i.e. nanometers) – the bandwidth of this year’s Helmholtz Prize is considerable. The […]

A different way of measuring pressure – PTB.de

April 8, 2020 Office

PTBnews 1.2020 – Within the scope of the work on the redefinition of the base unit kelvin, PTB developed a new method for pressure measurement based on the capacitance measurement of helium gas. From the […]

Electrical characterisation of graphene – NPL

March 30, 2020 Office

Scientists from NPL, in collaboration with Instituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica (Italy), Graphenea SA (Spain), Das-Nano (Spain), delivered the EMPIR Grace project with the aim of developing novel metrology for electrical characterisation of graphene, to […]

Flow Metrology is on the Horizon for the Life Sciences | TÜV SÜD

March 11, 2020 Office

8 January 2020 There is a future for flow within the Life Sciences – a new industrial sector for the TÜV SÜD National Engineering Laboratory – according to a report written by its newly-appointed Head […]