Mundane Measurements Have Made Astronomy Possible for More Than 100 Years
Many of modern astronomy’s achievements can be traced back to relatively unknown women who painstakingly cataloged the stars in the early 1900s.
Many of modern astronomy’s achievements can be traced back to relatively unknown women who painstakingly cataloged the stars in the early 1900s.
Artec Ray II (left) and Artec Leo at the customer’s workshop.
At the heart of every construction project around the world is a handful of vehicles doing all the heavy lifting.
A forensic DNA analyst prepares a sample for analysis.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new forensic DNA reference material, RM 8043, that includes degraded DNA as well
As mining operations push toward lower-grade deposits and tighter economic margins, the reliability of analytical measurement has become central to operational decision-making.
Buffalo Metrology Inc. (BMI) was recently tasked with reverse engineering an 8 ft outside-diameter clarifier cover used in the mixing/agitation industry.
Octave unifies a market-leading portfolio that solves and simplifies complexity across the entire industrial life cycle, from design and build to the operation and protection of people, property, and assets.
Octave, a new company from Hexagon, is one of the latest additions in a string of improvements and innovations.
In honor of the 125th anniversary of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, anonymous donors commissioned a piece of music to honor NIST and its contributions to science and industry. A nonprofit organization paid to have the piece recorded.
You’ve probably heard that time is relative. It sounds like a banal cliche, akin to “time flies when you’re having fun.”
In response to the societal challenge of the growing electricity demand from AI data centers, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is launching the Next-Generation Data Centers Institute
The mountain of old textiles continues to grow in Germany every year. Less than 1% of this enters a closed recycling loop.
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