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Testing 1-2: New Laser-Based Microphone Calibration Measures Up | NIST

September 2, 2021 Office

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have conducted the first demonstration of a faster and more accurate way to calibrate certain kinds of microphones. The technique, which uses lasers to measure […]

New Purdue research building will offer hypersonic testing, materials development | Purdue University News

August 3, 2021 Office

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Imagine an aircraft flying 2,800 miles across the United States in only 15 minutes. A state-of the-art building ready for construction at Purdue University will provide the facilities to explore that […]

NIST-Led Study Finds Variations in Quantitative MRI Scanners’ Measurements | NIST

June 30, 2021 Office

June 30, 2021 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used in medicine to detect, diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer, while relying on experts’ interpretation of images. Quantitative MRI, which obtains numerical measurements during […]

Big Berthas used to measure laser power | Wright-Patterson AFB News

June 29, 2021 Office

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio (AFLCMC) – The Air Force Metrology and Calibration Division is using some unique mobile “Big Bertha” series High Energy Laser primary reference calorimeters to support Air Force Research Laboratory’s national defense programs […]

Escape From Flatland: Calibration Method Enables Microscopes to Make Accurate Measurements in All 3 Dimensions | NIST

June 24, 2021 Office

June 24, 2021 Conventional microscopes provide essential information about samples in two dimensions — the plane of the microscope slide. But flat is not all that. In many instances, information about the object in the […]

NRC researchers target new technology to improve cancer radiation treatment | NRCC Stories

May 5, 2021 Office

May 05, 2021 – Ottawa, Ontario Cancer has been one of life’s great mysteries, with the body turning on itself without apparent reason. It is often viewed as a disease of the modern world, but […]

Setting up ball plates and hole plates – PTB.de

April 28, 2021 Office

PTBnews 1.2021 Ball plates and hole plates are measurement standards typically used to ensure the traceability of coordinate measuring machines. To arrange the plates vertically, one single supporting stand is often used that is placed […]

NASA’s Perseverance rover commences cutting-edge scientific measurements on Mars with Finnish equipment

April 19, 2021 Office

Vaisala and Finnish Meteorological Institute Press Release April 15, 2021 NASA’s Perseverance rover has now spent its first months on the surface of Mars. The testing and deployment phase is proceeding well, and after the […]