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A gas field with gas leak detection systems arrayed in circles with the path of appearing as spokes. Several billowing gas leak clouds can be seen.

The Long Road from Nobelists' Invention to LongPath Technologies

May 1, 2019
Greg Rieker
On October 23, 2015, workers discovered a massive natural-gas leak at California’s Aliso Canyon storage facility in Los Angeles County. Over the course of the next several months, the storage facility leaked approximately 100,000 tons of odorized natural gas into nearby neighborhoods, sickening and
photo of a house. Solar panels on the roof.

That House on the Hill: Bringing Measurement Science Home

February 15, 2019
Bill Healy
When people ask NIST employees what they do, we often rely on the somewhat nebulous term “measurement science.” To many in the technical community, NIST’s role in measurement science is clear because they are often surrounded by instruments that bear some sort of NIST-traceable calibration
Two deer silhouetted against the dawn in front of one of NIST Gaithersburg's small lakes

Earth Day 2018: NIST’s Commitment to Sustainability

April 20, 2018
Robert “Skip” Vaughn
As Earth Day 2018 approaches, I think about what my role as the NIST Chief Sustainability Officer entails, but also what we have accomplished as an organization toward promoting sustainability and what more we can do. This year’s theme for Earth Day is “End Plastic Pollution.” As part of our normal
aerial view of the oil tanker Byron D. Benson ablaze after a U-boat attack

The Big Inch: Fueling America’s WWII War Effort

March 23, 2018
Keith Martin
If you drive north from NIST’s Gaithersburg, Maryland, campus, you will soon reach the famed Mason-Dixon Line marking the border between the states of Maryland and Pennsylvania. Continue for just a few more kilometers and you’ll cross over a second historic line: the Inch Line (sometimes called the