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Electronics

In the realm of electrons and light, NIST provides the standards, develops the instruments and performs the calibrations necessary to keep both the smallest electronic components and the largest power grids running smoothly and safely.

News and Updates

NIST Researchers Probe the Mass of the Electron Neutrino

NIST Issues Broad Agency Announcement for Proposals to Advance Microelectronics Technologies

The “Soft Side” of Chips: NIST Advances Polymer Science for Semiconductor Packaging

Blog Posts

Wearable, Implantable and Ingestible Medical Devices Could Revolutionize Your Health Care 

High-Flying Science: How and Why We Sent a Refrigerator Halfway to Space

What’s in a Name? The Magnetic Weber 

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