NIST Brings Mass Measurement to the Masses
NIST engineer Kumar Arumugam examines the tabletop Kibble balance before its delivery to the U.S. Army. Photo: J. Lee/NIST
Bringing its cutting-edge invention to the larger world for the first time, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has delivered a portable and super accurate tabletop instrument for measuring mass to the U.S. Army.