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NIST researcher Jack Glover holds a test object for millimeter-wave imaging systems—scanners that are used to check passengers in many airport security lines.

Customer Care
Science-Backed Standards Keep You Safer in the Skies
Megan King
If you’ve flown in the U.S. in recent years, you’re probably familiar with the airport security experience of entering a booth, raising your hands above your head, and having a machine check your body. That machine is called a millimeter wave scanner. I’ve done this many times and never given it much thought. But National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researcher Jack Glover sure…
Manufacturing
Artec Leo and Spider II Aid Lessons in London
Paul Hanaphy

Traditional styles of lecturing and imparting information can be ineffective in terms of student engagement and triggering deeper learning. This is especially challenging in certain subjects that are difficult to teach in a classroom anyway, and for those who process information differently.

Natural sciences like geology and archaeology, for example, offer fascinating insights…

Research & Tech
Designing for Serviceability
Heidi Drafall

Medical devices are engineered to solve complex clinical problems. Yet many enter the field without a full accounting for what happens after deployment. Hospitals depend on equipment that performs consistently. But even with strong designs, virtually all devices will eventually require preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, or repair. When serviceability becomes an afterthought, healthcare…

Improvement Tools
One Less Risk
Jen Chang

Increasingly, inspectors for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will evaluate your CMMS provider’s security controls—not just your internal procedures. In a cloud-hosted GxP environment, data doesn’t stop at your firewall; your vendor’s security posture becomes part of your compliance story.

That’s why we’re pursuing ISO 27001 certification—the global standard for…

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Lean Is Not an Acronym
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NIST Expands Collaboration With MITRE
(MITRE: McLean, VA; Bedford, MA) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has…
Wellness Workdays CEO to Speak at the AGC Construction Safety and Health Conference
(Wellness Workdays: Hingham, MA) -- Wellness Workdays, a leading provider of workplace wellness…
Voniko Begins Monthly Battery-Powered Device Giveaways
(Voniko: Brighton, CO) -- Voniko, a U.S.-based manufacturer of household batteries, is showing…
Andersen Named to Newsweek Most Trustworthy Companies in America, 2025
(Andersen Corp.: Bayport, MN) -- Andersen Corp., a trusted manufacturer of windows and doors, has…
Singular Photonics and Renishaw Shed New Light on Spectroscopy
(Singular Photonics: Edinburgh, Scotland; Renishaw: West Dundee, IL) -- Image-sensor innovator…
NewTek Expands LVDT Line for Critical Pipeline Systems
(NewTek: Pennsauken, NJ) -- NewTek Sensor Solutions announces the expanded use of its linear…
Mulberry Industries, Ramaco Resources Announce Offtake Understanding
(Mulberry Industries: Norcross, GA) -- Mulberry Industries, a Georgia-based vertically integrated…
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