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kilograms under glass jars
Kilograms at NIST
Peanut butter standard reference material.
Peanut butter
Magdalena Navarro and Bill Gadzuk with the Chart of the Radionuclides
Magdalena Navarro and Bill Gadzuk with the Chart of the Radionuclides
A small particle against a porous background.
Abraded EFTE particle
6 people standing on a stage in front of a screen that reads: 26th CGPM
U.S. Delegation to CGPM SI Redefinition Vote
Man holding a NIST on a Chip device
Jim Olthoff with NOAC
Woman in large indoor hallway standing next to tall stack of electronic equipment.
Antenna robot
Two firefighters look over the last flames inside a compartment where the flammability of cross-laminated timber buildings is being tested.
NIST Firefighters at End of Cross-Laminated Timbers Fire Test
gold chip
SET Chip
Two meter bars with a red background
Meter Bar
Square device surrounded by a design of gold wiring.
Ion Trap
BMF Interior
BMF Interior
Researcher Brandon Lane making adjustments inside the large 3D printer
Additive Manufacturing Metrology Testbed
NIST-4 Watt Balance
NIST-4 Watt Balance
NIST Stone Test Wall mortar work
NIST Stone Test Wall mortar
Researcher Erica Stein pipetting under chemical hood
Erica Stein pipetting
NIST Josephson voltage chip
NIST Josephson voltage chip
graphene chips
graphene chips
QEMMS Kibble Balance
QEMMS Kibble Balance
Two researchers in safety glasses stand at the edge of a metal table holding electronic and laser devices, wiring and metal structures.
Hoth and Gerginov work on NIST-F4
Man with safety glasses working on clock
Portable Optical Clock
Three team members in construction safety gear stand talking inside the large warehouse where materials testing is taking place.
Champlain Towers South researchers at Minnesota
Krister Shalm wears safety glasses as he leans over a lab table covered with electronics equipment.
Krister Shalm working in lab
Researchers in white hazmat coveralls reach into an open freezer with a scooping device as vapor rises from the freezer.
Researchers with fecal samples
A scientist wearing protective equipment places a tray of diced geoduck clam tissue into large open machinery.
Researcher and geoduck clam tissue
Photo of antenna lab with NIST logo in the background
Antenna lab screenshot
Black and white enlarged image of moon dust particle
Moon dust particle (4 of 4)
Nicole Yunger Halpern
Nicole Yunger Halpern
Three men wearing safety glasses stand around a wooden box they are assembling in the lab.
Jae Hyun Kim and colleagues in the insulation lab
Side-by-side photos show a buoy with attached scientific devices on the deck of a ship and then floating in the ocean.
MarONet buoy
Alejandra Collopy wears safety glasses as she works the lab. She is surrounded by various pieces of equipment and many hanging wires.
Alejandra Collopy in the lab
A close-up shot of hand holding a circular lid over a piece of blue clothing on top of a scientific device.
Near-infrared spectroscopy of clothing sample
Briana Capistran wears safety glasses and purple gloves as she prepares small vials at a lab table.
Briana Capistran prepares samples
NIST-on-a-Chip lab setup
NIST-on-a-Chip lab setup
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Metric Education Activity Games Section Banner
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