The world’s measurement system will be based on updated values for four fundamental constants of nature. A revised SI ( the International System of Units ) based fully on accurate values of these ...

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NASA scientists want you, yes you, to take part in a mission. The space agency launched a new component function of its citizen science mobile application GLOBE Observer last month. It now invites ...

The National Measurement Laboratory, Government Chemist and MHRA – three critical national functions of science and safety – brought together in a purpose-designed laboratory facility for the first ...

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Improvements to the SI are helping to evolve the science of accuracy and measurement. Democratization of the SI creates a traceability calibration chain accessible to anyone, anywhere. Digitization of ...

Developments in artificial intelligence and machine learning have made the question of trustworthiness an urgent one. Along with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), CSTB is ...

I was watching Ben Krasnow making iron nitride permanent magnets and was struck by the fact that about half of the video was about making a magnetometer – a device for measuring and characterizing the ...