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As an initial step toward removing any measurement-related barriers to trade between the United States and the European Union—and eliminate "double testing" of
Aves D. Thompson, chief of operations in the Alaska Division of Measurement Standards and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, will be installed as chairman of the
Many industrial managers and engineers know that the accuracy of their temperature measurements has a big impact on the quality of their products or the
For everyone who made a New Year's resolution to be more on time for meetings and events in 1998, there's good news from the Commerce Department's National
Proposed improvements in the standard that retailers must follow when they voluntarily offer unit pricing information for making value comparisons (between
Though your summer this year may seem all too short, it will actually be the longest one since 1994. There will be exactly one extra second, a little bonus
Just how black is the black in that flat-panel display? Until recently, manufacturers and users of high-contrast electronic displays, such as those used in
Officials from Egypt and the United States are working together to foster cooperation in standards and metrology activities in support of a major governmental
Weights and measures officials in the National Conference on Weights and Measures are expected to adopt revisions to the Uniform Engine Fuels, Petroleum
Researchers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology have built a novel tool for surveying, subdividing and helping to
The combined work of government and the private sector has resulted in a new examination procedure for price verification in the nation's marketplace, an effort
The Commerce Department and the U.S. semiconductor industry next month will celebrate the 40th anniversary of a partnership in a field that has enabled such
"I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark." – Thomas Hobbes, last words
"Look ere ye leap." – Proverbs, John Heywood
" Nature does not
The 79th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures, July 17-21, 1994, in San Diego, Calif., will feature a special technical session on
Weights and measures officials in the United States and Canada have agreed to mutual recognition of test results and examinations of weighing and measuring
The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Standards Council
The Commerce Department today announced a new action plan that significantly advances the federal government's transition to the metric system and will help U.S
Once available only from foreign laboratories, a precision measurement service for manufacturers of automobiles, aircraft, farm equipment, and other large
A unique but fledgling technology partnership involving U.S. gear manufacturers, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of Energy's
A new device invented at the National Institute of Standards and Technology will help radiologists improve image quality in mammography, one of medicine's most
In response to nationwide public concern about price accuracy in retail stores, the National Conference on Weights and Measures has established a Working Group