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Gaithersburg

NWIRP Strategic Plan – Final

Download the NWIRP Strategic Plan The National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act Reauthorization of 2015 directs the NWIRP Interagency...

NEUWAVE-9

Mon, Jun 12 - Wed, Jun 14 2017
On June 12-14, 2017, NIST will host the 9th Workshop on NEUtron WAVElength Dependent Imaging. NEUWAVE-9 will feature
lumber

Making Sure that Lumber Measures Up

For some, it is a shocking revelation. But most Americans eventually come to accept the fact that a “two by four” board is actually 1.5 inches by 3.5 inches (38

5456: Mass Metrology Seminar

Mon, Oct 23 - Fri, Nov 3 2017
The Mass Metrology Seminar is a two-week, "hands-on" seminar. It incorporates approximately 30 percent lectures and 70

NIST Designation Requirements

Requirements for NIST Designation of U.S. Conformity Assessment Bodies NIST, through the Telecom MRA program office ( mra [at] nist.gov (mra[at]nist[dot]gov))...
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Mystery of the Dark Solitons

When your heart beats, blood courses through your arteries in waves of pressure. These pressure waves manifest as your pulse, a regular rhythm unperturbed by
NIST researcher Jodie Pope with the big blue ball

Better Flowmeters with the Big Blue Ball

Last year, upwards of 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas were delivered to customers in the United States, and when it changed hands, nearly every cubic foot

New SRMs/RMs

New SRMs/RMs provides its customers with current information on new developments in Standard Reference Materials and related activities...
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