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Taking Measure

Just a Standard Blog

Rebecca Jacobson

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Rebecca Jacobson is the public outreach coordinator for NIST Boulder. She has been a science writer and journalist for JILA, the City of Denver, and PBS. Rebecca graduated from the University of Nebraska with degrees in English and Film Studies. Outside of her job, she can be found hiking in the Rockies and brewing beer.

Making Measurements With a Fine-Toothed Comb

September 22, 2021

To many people, a measurement sounds mundane, like marking ticks on a ruler or reading the line on a thermometer. It’s a piece of data. And they tend to think

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