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To Break New Ground With Frequency Combs, NIST Plays With the Beat

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An improvement to a Nobel Prize-winning technology called a frequency comb enables it to measure light pulse arrival times with greater sensitivity than previously possible—potentially improving measurements of distance along with applications such as precision timin

Deep Learning Makes X-ray CT Inspection of 3D-printed Parts Faster, More Accurate

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A new deep-learning framework developed at the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is speeding up the process of inspecting additively manufactured metal parts using X-ray computed tomography, or CT, while increasing the accuracy of the results.

Top 10 Tips for Teaching the Metric System

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Calling all teachers, parents, and students. It’s easy to learn the metric system—or, as it’s more formally called, the International System of Units (SI). Explore these top 10 tips for teaching the SI. Let’s begin the countdown with....

Meet the Meat That Tells You When It’s Going Bad

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When looking in the fridge, you notice a package of minced meat sitting at the back of one of the shelves, totally forgotten. A check of the best-before date reveals it had expired two days earlier.

Taking in the Modern Marvels of IMTS 2022

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Many trade shows have disappeared or diminished in recent decades—but not the International Manufacturing Technology Show, a biannual event held every even-numbered year in Chicago, this year from Sept. 12–17.

How Lego Bricks Shaped My Career at NIST

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I am 100 percent a millennial (lol), which—according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary—

How to Properly Maintain Your CNC Machines

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CNC (for computer numerical control) machines have made manufacturing easier, faster, and more precise.

Home Runs Were Up—Now They’re Down. Why?

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‘Anyone can hit a home run if they try,” said the great Ty Cobb at the end of the deadball era as Babe Ruth rose to fame in the 1920s. Cobb was unimpressed by Ruth, the Sultan of Swat. “It’s a brute way to approach the game.”

Using Innovative Technology to Produce New Car Colors

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According to autolist.com, more than 80 percent of cars produced today are white, black, or some shade of gray.

A Primary Standard for Measuring Vacuum

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A novel, quantum-based vacuum gauge system invented by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed its first test to be a true primary standard—that is, intrinsically accurate without the need for calibration.

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