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The Insulation That Melts in Your Walls — and Could Reduce Your Energy Costs

January 30, 2025

Wherever humans go, we take some form of insulation with us to keep us at just the right temperature. But just because the idea is old doesn’t mean that there haven’t been innovations. One of those innovations could lower your energy costs.

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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

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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

A Smart Window to Sustainable Development: A Scientist’s Story

December 1, 2016

Martin Green

I think curiosity is at the root of all scientific careers. That, and insecurity. In my formative years, I felt compelled to assign a rational explanation to everything. I didn’t know it then, but I was practicing to be a scientist—and having lots of fun. I remember entertaining numerous

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