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The State of U.S. Science and Engineering 2024

June 17, 2024 Office

The U.S. National Science Board (NSB) is congressionally mandated to release summary reports on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), from nine Indicator reports, in even years. The 2024 edition of The STEM Labor Force: […]

NIST Brings Mass Measurement to the Masses | NIST

June 12, 2024 Office

NIST News, June 12, 2024 Bringing its cutting-edge invention to the larger world for the first time, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has delivered a portable and superaccurate tabletop instrument for measuring […]

First results from DESI make the most precise measurement of our expanding universe | University of California

May 10, 2024 Office

April 11, 2024, Mike Peña, UC Santa Cruz We now have the largest 3-D map of our cosmos ever created, thanks to a powerful instrument mounted atop a telescope in Arizona with a robotic array […]

Researchers develop a new type of frequency comb that promises to further boost the accuracy of time keeping | NIST

April 2, 2024 Office

March 14, 2024 Chip-based devices known as frequency combs, which measure the frequency of light waves with unparalleled precision, have revolutionized time keeping, the detection of planets outside of our solar system and high-speed optical […]

EMPIR project videos explaining aspects of magnetic calibrations and measurements freely available – EURAMET News

January 18, 2024 Office

EMPIR Capacity Building project Traceability Routes for Magnetic Measurements (TRaMM, 21SCP02) is a training project, where INRIM, the NMI for Italy, is transferring knowledge and expertise in the field of magnetic measurements and calibrations to […]

New research project on virtual experiments and digital twins – VSL News

January 17, 2024 Office

In May 2023, the new research project “Trustworthy virtual experiments and digital twins” (ViDiT) started. ViDiT is a metrology project funded by the European Union. Metrology is the scientific study of measurement focusing on measurement […]

Calibrations are going digital – PTB.de

January 16, 2024 Office

PTB-News 1.2024 – Following a successful pilot phase, accredited calibration laboratories will be able to apply for the digital calibration symbol starting in late March 2024 and thus provide digital proof that they are accredited. […]

Flexible Josephson metrology system – PTB.de

January 4, 2024 Office

PTBnews 3.2023 Working within an industrial cooperation project, PTB has developed a novel metrology system for the quantum-based generation and measurement of voltage signals. The system is based on a pulse-driven Josephson standard, the Josephson […]