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Material Measurement Laboratory

Materials Science and Engineering Division

News and Updates

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Micrograph shows several connected trenches of metal on dark background.

Spotlight: Bottoms-Up Metal-Filling

A method worth its metal — filling microscopic holes with gold can be tricky, but NIST scientist Daniel Josell is up for the challenge. A type of medical
woman in a blue dress and white sweater stands next to an electron microscope

Spotlight: June Lau

Closing in on a clear picture: NIST's June Lau, in collaboration with Brookhaven National Lab and Euclid Techlabs, is giving us a freeze-frame look at the
The nickel prototype, which is the same shape and size as a regular nickel, but instead of Thomas Jefferson has a profile of Martha Washington in a mob cap and dummy text instead of "E Pluribus Unum."

Coining Less Expensive Currency

Nickels are ubiquitous in American life, tumbling around in pockets, rolling under car seats, and emerging from the back of dryers to be used over and over for
Thermographic image of polymer extrusion with MML Measures up logo

Model Behavior

NIST is helping additive manufacturing, often referred to as 3D printing, mature from a potentially disruptive technology into a widespread industrial
Photo of police officer from behind wearing body armor labeled Police

A New Way to Test Body Armor

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new way to investigate the high-performance fibers used in modern body