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How to Measure Nothing Better

Cold atoms could also potentially measure much lower vacuum pressures than ion gauges can. The current lowest pressure they’ve reliably measured is around 10 -9 Pa, and NIST scientists are working on ...
From breath analysis to explosive detection, many applications require reliable electronic "noses." Unfortunately, current ...
Electrical & Biomedical Engineering (EBME) Professor Xiaoshan Zhu and his colleagues have won a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Phase 2 award to develop this test after proving their concept ...
Researchers from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have devised a new method to detect minuscule levels of PFAs, known as "forever chemicals," in water in a matter of minutes.
METTLER TOLEDO announces the launch of NineFocus, its new high-performance, multiparameter benchtop meter system. Designed ...
Humans spend about 80% of their time indoors, but keeping track of the air we breathe usually requires expensive lab-grade ...
Phil Hughes unfurled a couple of new shots in his comeback Test knock of 86 against Sri Lanka in Friday's Hobart series opener in his efforts towards remaining in the ...
The recently launched next-generation Auto Gapping Sensor™ (AGS2) will also be demonstrated. The AGS2 speeds non-contact gap ...