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Taking Measure

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Richard Wilkinson

Richard Wilkinson is a writer-editor in the NIST public affairs office, with responsibility for internal communications to NIST’s staff and associates via NIST’s internal website. In his spare time, he loves backpacking, cross-country skiing, and reading history and classic imaginative literature.

Flying Drones Compete to Complete Unprecedented Feat

August 1, 2018

Whether it’s the effort to redefine the kilogram or researching the Harry Potter realm of quantum mechanics where things can somehow be in two or more places at

Lady on left and man on right at desks facing lab equipment

The Pioneering Life of Programmer Ethel Marden

March 22, 2016

Over the course of its 100-plus year history, NIST has had some colorful characters who were also pioneers in their fields. For computer scientist Karen Olsen

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