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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 […]

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 […]

Human- and machine-readable KC reports using the PDF/A-3 format | BIPM

September 30, 2022 Office

The BIPM is pleased to announce the publication of the first key comparison report embedding machine-readable (XML and JSON) versions of the document. Use of the PDF/A-3 standard in this way was originally suggested by […]

U.S. Calibration Occupation Demographics

August 18, 2022 Office

by Christopher Grachanen While researching to determine if calibration occupations had been included in the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOC), I came across a May 2021 DOL report with a wealth […]

Ghosts in the Landscape

August 18, 2022 Office

by Dan Wiswell Growing up in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts I have always been aware of the mills that are in my area. I knew at an early age the difference between an old […]

Metrological Challenges of Plastics Recycling

May 12, 2022 Office

by Martti Heinonen Europe aims at climate neutrality by 2050; to achieve this, plastic recycling needs to be increased through better processes and technologies. There is an increasing need for measurement technology that enable efficient […]

Pieces Parts

May 12, 2022 Office

by Dan Wiswell About thirty years ago I was doing some spring cleaning and decided to bring a few tables worth of items to a large flea market in south-central New Hampshire. I had an […]

Metrology Across the Ages

March 3, 2022 Office

by Dan Wiswell I’m not sure when it occurred exactly, but sometime during the age of reason there used to be an educated group of people that were called philosophers. The term itself defined these […]