Search results for calibration tool
Describing soils: Calibration tool for teaching soil rupture resistance
Jan 05, 2009 |
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A new calibration tool was recently developed to help students and soil scientists calibrate their thumb and forefinger for the correct amount of pressure.
New Automated Technique with Online Verification Eases Network Analyzer Calibration
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Verifying the accuracy of network analyzers—instruments that are used to measure key performance characteristics of electronic networks—was once an awkward process involving multiple steps and pieces of equipment.
Scientist fine-tune Hubble Space Telescope
Mar 25, 2009 |
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A scientist at Rochester Institute of Technology has expanded the Hubble Space Telescope's capability without the need for new instruments or billions of dollars.
Physicists develop unique new calibration tool for radio frequencies
Jun 22, 2009 |
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A scientist from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has helped Fluke Precision Measurement to prove the effectiveness of a unique new tool for calibrating radio frequency (RF) devices.
Self-validating thermocouples based on metal-carbon eutectic fixed points
Oct 02, 2009 |
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When used at high temperatures (above 1100 °C) thermocouples are prone to substantial calibration drift. To gauge the extent of the drift, for example, in an industrial setting, it is highly desirable for ...
New NIST calibration service 'arms' phasors for more reliable power grids
Aug 17, 2007 |
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While the new calibration service for phasor measurement units (PMUs) offered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology sounds like it would appeal to "Star Trek" fans, it’s actually the operators of America’s ...
Novel temperature calibration improves NIST microhotplate technology
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a new calibration technique that will improve the reliability and stability of one of NIST's most versatile technologies, the ...
Researchers validate new model for breast cancer risk assessment in multiple ethnic groups
Mar 05, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have developed a way to quickly estimate a woman's risk for invasive breast cancer. The new model, based on a measure of breast density that is already reported with ...
Satellites search out South Pole snowfields
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 13, 2009 |
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As skiers across the world pay close attention to the state of the snow on the slopes, there are a different group of scientific snow-watchers looking closely at a South Pole snowfield this January.
Improving speed measurements for cars, bullets
May 21, 2009 |
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While today's law enforcement officers don't wear utility belts full of crimefighting gadgets like Batman, they do rely on a variety of state-of-the-art technologies to do their jobs efficiently and safely. ...
New method reveals all you need to know about 'waveforms'
Oct 07, 2009 |
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has unveiled a method for calibrating entire waveforms -- graphical shapes showing how electrical signals vary over time -- rather than just parts of waveforms as is current ...
Gadgets: Tiny drives, but big in capacity
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Verbatim Americas, LLC, continues to produce innovative storage devices for users on the go. The latest include additions to their portable line of USB drives.
Nano-ruler sets some very small marks
Sep 22, 2009 |
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a new ruler, and even for an organization that routinely deals in superlatives, it sets some records. Designed to be the most accurate commercially available "meter ...
'Virtuality' gets real
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Up to now virtual reality has proved cumbersome as a design tool, but European researchers are finalising a system that brings ‘virtuality’ to the wider world.
ANITA is Back in Business
Nov 08, 2007 |
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The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Array (ANITA)—that plucky probe that visited SLAC last year before taking to the skies of Antarctica—is back in action.
