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Making Smokestack Emissions Tests Better, Faster, Cheaper | NIST

February 28, 2018 Office

February 27, 2018 – Smokestacks at coal-fired power plants have sensors that continuously monitor their emissions by measuring the flow of gases such as carbon dioxide, mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides. By federal law, […]

Growth Opportunities in the Calibration and Repair Services Market, Forecast to 2022

February 16, 2018 Office

February 2018 – The calibration and repair services market in North America and Europe is anticipated to reach $3.98 billion by 2022, driven by the increase in quality awareness, greater adoption of metrology in the […]

Industry demand for calibration services drives reinstatement of Primary Liquid Densitometer | NEL News

February 1, 2018 Office

Thursday, February 01, 2018 – Following high levels of demand, NEL’s density calibration service is upgrading the level of accuracy it offers by reinstating the Primary Densitometer in its facility. “The Densitometer Calibration Facility has […]

A Stopwatch for Nanofluids: NIST Files Provisional Patent for Measuring Nanoliter Flow Rates | NIST

January 17, 2018 Office

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has filed a provisional patent application for a microflow measurement system, about the size of a nickel, that can track the movement of extremely tiny amounts of […]

New NIST Spectrometer Measures Single Photons with Great Precision | NIST

December 18, 2017 Office

Future communications networks that are less vulnerable to hacking could be closer to reality with an invention that measures the properties of single-photon sources with high accuracy. Built by scientists at the National Institute of […]

New edition of ISO/IEC 17025 just published | ISO News

December 1, 2017 Office

ISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, is the international reference for laboratories carrying out calibration and testing activities around the world. Producing valid results that are widely trusted is […]

Lights, Camera, Calibrate! Improving Space Cameras with a Better Model for Ultra-Bright Lamps | NIST

November 14, 2017 Office

Studio photographers may be familiar with the 1,000-watt quartz halogen lamps known as “FELs.” Scientists use them too—specially calibrated ones, at least—to test the performance of light sensors that monitor Earth’s weather, plant life and […]

Progress towards redefining the International System of Units in 2018 | EURAMET News

October 27, 2017 Office

Last weeks (20 October) meeting of the International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM) resulted in a resolution recommending the redefinition of four base units of the International System of Units (SI): the kilogram, the […]