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Photons are bizarre: They have no mass, but they do have momentum. And that allows researchers to do counterintuitive things with photons, such as using light to push matter around. Recently, a group of scientists […]
The global metrology community has paid tribute to the late Dr Bryan Peter Kibble, who worked at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL). Dr Kibble’s famous invention, the watt balance, is being renamed after him in […]
A high-tech version of an old-fashioned balance scale at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has just brought scientists a critical step closer toward a new and improved definition of the kilogram. The […]
An advanced Measurement Uncertainty Calculator METAS UncLib is a generic measurement uncertainty calculator developed by METAS as part of the VNA Tools II project. METAS UncLib is written in C# within the .NET framework. Software development […]
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The International Accreditation Service (IAS) is the first accreditation body globally to have its Personnel Certification Body (commonly abbreviated as ‘PCB’ or ‘Persons’) accreditation program recognized under the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC). This is a […]
Dr Kibble worked at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) from 1967 to 1998 as an experimental physicist. He was instrumental in reshaping the International System of Units (SI), and is best known for his conception […]
It’s official: NIST’s 4.45-million newton (equivalent to one million pounds-force) deadweight machine – the largest in the world – is back in one piece after a colossal 16-month effort to overhaul the system for the […]
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