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href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2023/09/what-true-meaning-scale-division-d-versus-verification-scale-division-e"><span property="schema:name">What is the true meaning of a “scale division” (d) versus a “verification scale division” (e)</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="daterange"><time datetime="2023-09-28T12:00:00Z">September 28, 2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Introduction If you are a state weights and measures official, scale manufacturer, or any other stakeholder dealing with scales used for commercial transactions </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/news/2023/09/working-their-thermal-magic-digging-details-ambitious-new-thermometry" typeof="schema:Article" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a 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property="schema:text" class="text-with-summary"> Thermometers can do a lot of things: measure the temperature at the center of your perfectly braised chicken or tell you whether to keep your child home from </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news-updates/org/5651">View All News and Updates</a></div> </footer> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Events</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-8156bc46ca1cd87050ca47670cab6afa04e80fc97fb71675f5d9593ef43a748d"> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2023/10/5876-nist-handbook-130-examination-procedure-price-verification" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> 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Bedding</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Wed, Oct 4 2023, 11:00am - 1:00pm EDT</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> This 2-hour webinar will teach and demonstrate the test procedure for verifying the useable volume declaration on </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2023/10/5874-nist-handbook-133-how-test-animal-bedding-0" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/10/5874-nist-handbook-133-how-test-animal-bedding-0"><span>5874 NIST Handbook 133 - How to Test Animal Bedding</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Wed, Oct 4 2023, 11:00am - 1:00pm EDT</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> This 2-hour webinar will teach and demonstrate the test procedure for verifying the useable volume declaration on </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/news-events/events/2023/10/5877-nist-handbook-133-overview-handbook-133" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/events/2023/10/5877-nist-handbook-133-overview-handbook-133"><span>5877 NIST Handbook 133 - Overview of Handbook 133</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__date"> <div class="smartdate">Thu, Oct 12 2023, 11:00am - 1:30pm EDT</div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> This 2.5 hour webinar provides a complete overview of NIST Handbook 133, "Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods" </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <footer> <div class="link-list"><a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/news-events/upcoming-events/org/5651">View All 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Mountains are visible through the window behind her. " typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2023-vannevar-bush-faculty-fellow-ana-maria-rey"><span>2023 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow - Ana Maria Rey</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> The 2023 Class of Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellows will join an esteemed group of approximately 50 current fellows involved in vital basic </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/awards/2023-aspire-prize-us-winner-nicole-yunger-halpern" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2023-aspire-prize-us-winner-nicole-yunger-halpern" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20230929175703im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/07/03/nyh.jpeg?itok=fNWpBHAV" width="75" height="100" alt="Nicole Yunger Halpern" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2023-aspire-prize-us-winner-nicole-yunger-halpern"><span>2023 ASPIRE Prize U.S. Winner - Nicole Yunger Halpern</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Nicole Yunger Halpern is an emerging young leader in the reconciliation and mutual strengthening of the concepts of thermodynamics and </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/awards/2023-spie-harold-e-edgerton-award-high-speed-optics-tara-fortier" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2023-spie-harold-e-edgerton-award-high-speed-optics-tara-fortier" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20230929175703im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/04/26/tara-fortier.png?itok=ZMSnmVBq" width="100" height="62" alt="Tara Fortier" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2023-spie-harold-e-edgerton-award-high-speed-optics-tara-fortier"><span>2023 SPIE Harold E. Edgerton Award in High-Speed Optics - Tara Fortier</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> In recognition of pioneering contributions to the development of frequency combs based on mode-locked lasers and their applications in </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/awards/2023-breakthrough-new-horizons-physics-prize-adam-kaufman" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2023-breakthrough-new-horizons-physics-prize-adam-kaufman" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20230929175703im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/09/21/Kaufman_photo.jpg?itok=Z0Ja8WFV" width="100" height="95" alt="Adam Kaufman poses for a head shot with a shelf of library books in the background. " typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2023-breakthrough-new-horizons-physics-prize-adam-kaufman"><span>2023 Breakthrough New Horizons in Physics Prize - Adam Kaufman</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Kaufman shares the $100,000 prize with selected winners, all from different institutions (Hannes Bernien, Manuel Endres, Kang-Kuen Ni </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/awards/2022-nancy-grace-roman-technology-fellowship-astrophysics-jordan-wheeler" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2022-nancy-grace-roman-technology-fellowship-astrophysics-jordan-wheeler" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20230929175703im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/08/07/Wheeler_head_shot.jpg?itok=5fR4omGE" width="80" height="100" alt="Jordan Wheeler" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2022-nancy-grace-roman-technology-fellowship-astrophysics-jordan-wheeler"><span>2022 Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics - Jordan Wheeler</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> Research focus: My research is focused on building detectors for astronomical cameras, much like the sensor in a smartphone. Unlike the </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/awards/2022-vannevar-bush-faculty-fellow-jun-ye" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2022-vannevar-bush-faculty-fellow-jun-ye" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20230929175703im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2021/11/19/jun-ye-jila.jpg?itok=uP5Cl5DX" width="82" height="100" alt="Jun Ye" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/2022-vannevar-bush-faculty-fellow-jun-ye"><span>2022 Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow - Jun Ye</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> The 2022 Class will join a cadre of approximately 50 current Fellows who conduct basic research in areas of importance to the DoD, including </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="nist-field__item"> <article role="article" about="/awards/pao-pml-receive-2022-communicators-award-excellence-video-animation" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/pao-pml-receive-2022-communicators-award-excellence-video-animation" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20230929175703im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2022/05/11/28thCommAwards_SiteBugs_Final_SiteBug_Video_Gold.png?itok=Ogtqh5CF" width="81" height="100" alt="black circle. big white and gold lowercase a in the middle. Around the edges: 28th annual video excellence in white. Gold box at bottom that includes black words: The Communicator Awards" typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/pao-pml-receive-2022-communicators-award-excellence-video-animation"><span>PAO, PML Receive 2022 Communicators Award of Excellence for Video Animation</span> </a></h3> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> NIST's video "Einstein, Time and Very Small Things - with Jun Ye" received a Communicators Award of Excellence in two categories: Use of </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> <div class="link-list"> <a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/awards/org/5651">View All Awards</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Press 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2023</time> </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-with-summary"> Portable, low-field (1–100 mT) MRI systems that can safely perform scans outside a dedicated MRI suite could revolutionize the use of this diagnostic imaging </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/press-coverage/cold-atoms-used-create-reliable-pressure-gauge-ultrahigh-vacuum" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__image"> <div class="entity-reference"> <a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/press-coverage/cold-atoms-used-create-reliable-pressure-gauge-ultrahigh-vacuum" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/web/20230929175703im_/https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/images/2023/08/10/Group1-edit.jpg?itok=HLE4cHpW" width="100" height="72" alt="Four researchers pose standing in a lab, smiling and wearing safety glasses, surrouded by wires and other electronics." typeof="foaf:Image"/> </a> </div> </div> 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Anything that we refer to as “empty,” “devoid,” or “containing nothing” does, in fact, contain </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--dynamic-content-list-ou paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="nist-block "> <h2 class="nist-block__title"> <div class="string">Patents</div> </h2> <div class="viewsreference"><div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-b64770134be7d42ee16abe2bf4afcf8feb06146371d14f0a79990c47481a39a9"> <div> <article role="article" about="/patents/mapping-probe-real-time-signal-sampling-and-recovery-engineered-electromagnetic-interference" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/patents/mapping-probe-real-time-signal-sampling-and-recovery-engineered-electromagnetic-interference"><span>Mapping Probe For Real-Time Signal Sampling And Recovery From Engineered Electromagnetic Interference</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-inline"> <div class="nist-field__label">NIST Inventors</div> Fabio C.S. Da Silva </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> A mapping probe provides real-time signal sampling and recovery from engineered electromagnetic interference and includes: a trigger voltage source that synchronizes transmission of primary electromagnetic waves; primary electromagnetic wave synthesizers that receive a trigger voltage signal and </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div> <article role="article" about="/patents/high-q-micromechanical-torsion-resonator-based-suspending-test-mass-nanoribbon" class="nist-teaser"> <div class="nist-teaser__content-wrapper"> <header> <h3 class="nist-teaser__title"><a href="/web/20230929175703/https://www.nist.gov/patents/high-q-micromechanical-torsion-resonator-based-suspending-test-mass-nanoribbon"><span>High-Q Micromechanical Torsion Resonator Based On Suspending A Test Mass From A Nanoribbon</span> </a></h3> <div class="nist-teaser__type"> <div class="nist-field nist-field--label-inline"> <div class="nist-field__label">NIST Inventors</div> Stephan Schlamminger and Jon R. Pratt </div> </div> </header> <div class="nist-teaser__content"> <div class="text-long"> The present invention features a micrometer-scale torsion balance device comprising a rigid mass and two or more nanoribbons attached to the rigid mass. The rigid mass may be suspended by the two or more nanoribbons. The two or more nanoribbons may be placed under tensile stress. 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