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Taking Measure

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Alison Gillespie

Alison Gillespie is a science writer for the NIST public affairs office. She covers biology, chemistry and materials science. Before coming to NIST she was a freelance science journalist.

NIST’s Invention Machine: Making the Perfect Parts

May 31, 2018

On a recent morning, Rick Lake stopped in the middle of giving a tour of NIST’s Machine Shop to ponder a part sitting on a shelf. It was about 25 centimeters

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