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  1. 17 hours ago

    Now in makes new tool to characterize tumor

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  2. 19 hours ago

    The NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Teachers is always tons of fun!

    Using chemistry to create foam, building LED spectrophotometer & working on DNA pieces! An amazing two weeks !
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  3. 20 hours ago

    ‘Cybersecuring’ the Internet of Things by chief Donna Dodson, featuring interview w/

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  4. Jul 17

    We help make sure everyone who takes measurements 👨🏿‍⚕️👩🏻‍🔧👨🏼‍🏭👨🏾‍🚀👩🏿‍🔬👩🏼‍💻 does them accurately! ⏱️⚖️🌡️📏💡⚗️✔️💯👍👌

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  5. Jul 17

    Last day to Register!! NIST & invite you to the 2nd Intl Symp on Science Error Mgmt!

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  6. Jul 15

    SRMs 2087 and 2088 help medical professionals calibrate CAT scanners to better detect changes in lung tissue.

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    Jul 13

    Always great to meet students from . Eric, from Chillicothe, is a student at & a participant in 's SURF program.

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    Jul 14

    It takes a team of scientists to calibrate a tape measure

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  9. Retweeted
    Jul 12

    lays groundwork for a simple roadside breathalyzer test for marijuana intoxication. Read here >>

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  10. Jul 14

    NIST calibrates 60 meter tape measures to within 0.1 mm, about the thickness of a piece of paper.

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  11. Jul 14

    Happy ! A little measurement can go a long way. Video at

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  12. Jul 13

    Sub-microscopic LEDs hold promise for detecting cancer-prone tissue, among other uses

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  13. Jul 13

    The 6/27-29 Technical Colloquium on the Weight of Evidence webcast recording has been posted at

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    Jul 12

    Enjoyed talking with Alondra Perez (L) & Justina Freilich (R), students at & participants in '17 SURF program at

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    Jul 12

    Great to meet Charles from O'Neill today. This rising senior is spending his summer as a research fellow.

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  16. Jul 12

    Atomic cousins team up in early quantum networking node :

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  17. Jul 12

    The latest video features NIST's efforts to redefine the kilogram with the Kibble balance! View it here:

    4 replies 49 retweets 80 likes
  18. Jul 12

    NIST is helping to provide the scientific basis for reducing a community's fire risk at wildland-urban interfaces.

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    Jul 11

    A magnetic field can cause atoms in an optical cavity to become transparent to laser light of one color.

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  20. Jul 11

    Visit a quantum computing lab in the latest podcast from !

    1 reply 1 retweet 6 likes

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