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Sounding Out a New Way to Measure Gas Flow | NIST News

March 31, 2023 Office

Researchers at NIST have developed a new — and sound — way to accurately measure the rate at which gas flows in and out of a vessel. The technique, which uses acoustic waves to determine […]

Improving confidence in measurement data from state-of-the-art PTR-MS – NPL

March 22, 2023 Office

13 Mar 2023, NPL News NPL and the University of Utrecht, Netherlands have collaborated to develop new SI-traceable gas reference materials and a fast calibration approach to improve the quantification and comparability of proton-transfer reaction mass […]

Digital is better: DAkkS and PTB starting pilot phase for digitalization project – PTB.de

March 18, 2023 Office

Joint press release from DAkkS and PTB, 01.03.2023 – The Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DAkkS) and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) have kicked off the pilot phase of the Digital Calibration Certificate with a digital accreditation symbol. As […]

Artifacts, Begone! NIST Improves Its Flagship Device for Measuring Mass | NIST

January 18, 2023 Office

In a brightly lit subterranean lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sits a room-sized electromechanical machine called the NIST-4 Kibble balance.The instrument can already measure the mass of objects of roughly […]

Ocean Color System Gets a ‘Refresh,’ Allowing for More Precise and Accurate Measurements | NIST

January 3, 2023 Office

January 03, 2023 We typically think of the ocean’s color as blue, but in some places, it looks blue-green. That’s because those areas are teeming with single-cell plants called phytoplankton, which contain chlorophyll and reflect […]

NIST SURF for Career Success: Announcing 2023 OWM Undergraduate Research Opportunities | NIST

December 15, 2022 Office

Undergraduate students… are you looking for an extraordinary opportunity to propel your professional development and career forward? Well, there’s nothing quite like the experience of participating in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) […]

To Break New Ground With Frequency Combs, a NIST Innovation Plays With the Beat | NIST

October 24, 2022 Office

An improvement to a Nobel Prize-winning technology called a frequency comb enables it to measure light pulse arrival times with greater sensitivity than was previously possible — potentially improving measurements of distance along with applications […]

New version of the JCTLM database launched | BIPM

October 3, 2022 Office

The new version of the JCTLM Database of Reference Materials, Methods and Services for in vitro diagnostics went live on 3 October 2022.The database is accessible through the JCTLM web portal with the new search […]