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NIST Gives Astronomers a Better Ruler in the Search for Extrasolar Planets

March 26, 2014 Office

NIST Tech Beat March 26, 2014 – Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have rejuvenated a technique for finding planets near distant stars.* New measurements of light from special lamps could […]

Tektronix Acquires Picosecond Pulse Labs

January 24, 2014 Office

January 16, 2014, Beaverton, Oregon — Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, today announced the acquisition of Picosecond Pulse Labs. The move is intended to strengthen the Tektronix portfolio […]

Agilent Technologies Reveals Name of Electronic Measurement Spin-Off Company

January 7, 2014 Office

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 7, 2014 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today revealed the name of the electronic measurement company it expects to spin off in early November 2014 as Keysight Technologies. The name Keysight […]

IAS Issues First Management System Certification Body Accreditations

December 12, 2013 Office

International Accreditation Service (IAS) has issued the first two accreditations under it’s new Management System Certification Body (MSCB) Accreditation Program to Paragon Group Registrar (PGR) and Government Military and Certification Systems (GMCS). Launched on July […]

Agilent Technologies to Separate into Two Industry-Leading Public Companies

September 21, 2013 Office

Electronic Measurement Business to be Distributed to Shareholders Through a Tax-Free Spinoff Increases Strategic Flexibility of Both Standalone Businesses SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 19, 2013 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced plans to separate […]

E.U. and U.S. to Extend Scientific Cooperation on Measurements and Standards

July 23, 2013 Office

From: NIST’s Tech Beat July 23, 2013 The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) agreed to expand their current scientific cooperation to […]

NIST Radio Station WWVB Logs 50 Years of Innovation

June 26, 2013 Office

NIST Tech Beat for June 25, 2013 Fifty years ago on July 5, 1963, a modest radio station in Fort Collins, Colo., officially went on the airwaves—a landmark event for U.S. industry and the American […]

NIST Office of Weights & Measures Receives ‘Continuing Education’ Accreditation

June 21, 2013 Office

From NIST Tech Beat: June 20, 2013 Contact: Mark Esser 301-975-8735 The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has awarded the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) an “Authorized Provider” accreditation. IACET […]