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Physical Measurement Laboratory

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Solved: The Mystery of the Cloudy Filters

There’s a mystery happening in some satellites facing the Sun, and scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Laboratory
"The SI is not a static convention, but evolves following developments in the science of measurement" BIPM SI Brochure (9th Edition)

SI Prefix Progress

In December 2022, the BIPM SI Brochure (9th Edition, December 2022, V2.01) was published to include the four new International System of Units (SI) prefixes
Otto Warnlof

Remembering Otto Warnlof

Byline: Tina G. Butcher I was very sad to hear that Otto Warnlof, a longtime friend and former NIST colleague recently passed away at age 98. I have fond
Jodie Pope

Reliable Flow for Chip Makers

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have begun an ambitious project to attack a vexing problem in the semiconductor
CTIM

Measuring Sunlight from Space, on a Chip

For 40 years, people have used space-based sensors to measure the amount of light coming from the Sun, which gives scientists insight into climate change on