Fran Webber

Fran Webber is, among other things, a writer at NIST. She recently received her master’s in journalism from the University of Missouri, completing her thesis research in science communications. A (more) youthful Fran dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. She’s not really sure what went wrong.

Thu, 07/20/2017 - 12:02
Unidentified Museum Objects, RevisitedNew mysteries and some potential solutions
Thu, 05/10/2018 - 12:02
Much like your attic, garage or basement, the NIST archives are home to quite a number of arcane objects of unclear origin and purpose. We periodically collect these victims of misplaced paperwork and present them in a series we call “Unidentified…
Unidentified Museum Objects, Vol. ITell NIST what they are, and your name could go down in history
Thu, 07/20/2017 - 12:02
Right now, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) museum in Gaithersburg, Maryland, is displaying a glass globe the size of a large beach ball. When visitors first come upon it, they’re not sure what to make of it. Is it a giant…