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NIST Ytterbium Atomic Clocks Set Record for StabilityPerfect timing, forever
Wed, 09/04/2013 - 09:41
A pair of experimental atomic clocks based on ytterbium atoms at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has set a new record for stability. The clocks act like 21st-century pendulums or metronomes that could swing back and forth… Next-Generation StrategyEngineering a workforce tailored to your business goals
Wed, 08/28/2013 - 13:36
The manufacturing workforce—so critical to manufacturing innovation—is the basic, yet decisive, building block for successfully implementing next-generation strategies. If manufacturers are to engineer innovation in their businesses, workforce-… Faster Than a Speeding BulletForensics is relying increasingly on laser scanning, but is it reliable?
Thu, 08/22/2013 - 10:58
Three-dimensional (3D) scanners used at crime scenes for forensic investigations aren’t just the stuff of prime time television. Investigators and crime laboratories do use 3D laser scanning measurement systems to measure and model critical aspects… Affordable Modeling and Simulation Spurs New Age of U.S. ManufacturingPay-per-use software and resources key to innovation
Mon, 08/05/2013 - 16:55
American manufacturing is at a noteworthy and exciting convergence of three powerful trends that can provide an opportunity for growth in industry.
• Traditional manufacturing as we’ve known it may be fading, but there remains a legacy of… NIST Standard Reference Material to Help Calibrate Hospital CAT ScannersTissue density measurements traceable to international standards
Wed, 07/31/2013 - 13:34
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new standard reference material (SRM), the first such measurement tool to enable hospitals to link important tissue density measurements made by CAT scans to… NIST’s Indenter Tunes In to Measure Surface PropertiesTouchless surface detector precisely determines hardness, elasticity, and creep
Mon, 07/29/2013 - 17:02
Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of North Carolina have demonstrated a new design for an instrument, a “instrumented nanoscale indenter,” that makes sensitive measurements of the… Book Discount Available for NACMA Conference Attendees20-percent discount on <em>Coordinate Measuring Machines and Systems</em>
Mon, 07/22/2013 - 10:06
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) authors and CRC Press have arranged to give all attendees at the 2013 North American Coordinate Metrology Association (NACMA) conference a 20-percent discount on the… NIST Workshop Gets a ‘Grip’ on Robotics ChallengeSeeking robotic hands as dexterous as the human variety
Thu, 07/11/2013 - 11:22
Even though modern industrial robots are becoming more nimble and capable, they still need to get a good grip on things, literally, with the equivalent of hands that are as agile and dexterous as the human variety.
How to tackle this thorny… Quantum Dot Technique Combines Optical and Electron MicroscopyEvades two problems in nanoscale microscopy
Wed, 06/26/2013 - 08:54
Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new microscopy technique that uses a process similar to how an old tube television produces a picture—called cathodoluminescence—to image nanoscale… Microscopy Technique Could Help Develop 3D Computer ComponentsAs designers pack more onto chips, the only direction left to build is upward
Wed, 06/26/2013 - 08:49
A technique developed several years ago at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for improving optical microscopes now has been applied to monitoring the next generation of computer-chip circuit components, potentially providing…
