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Rich Press (Fed)

Science Writer and Public Affairs Specialist 

Feature Stories

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To Each Mammal, Its Milk

Milk — it’s what distinguishes mammals from the rest of the animal kingdom. It’s also an incredibly complex substance
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Who Was Detective X?

In the gangster era of Prohibition and the Great Depression, a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards, now NIST
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Masks Under the Microscope

To understand how something works, it helps to see it up close. A team of researchers took this approach when studying

News

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Handwriting Examiners in the Digital Age

People are writing more than ever with their keyboards and phones, but handwritten notes have become rare. Even signatures are going out of style. Most credit
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Publications

NIST Scientific Foundation Reviews

Author(s)
John M. Butler, Hariharan K. Iyer, Richard A. Press, Melissa Taylor, Peter Vallone, Sheila Willis
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a scientific research agency that works to advance measurement science, standards, and technology
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Created May 21, 2019, Updated June 15, 2021