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NIST researchers Yoshi Ohno and Jane Li demonstrate different types of lighting in their lab on NIST’s campus in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

The Eye of the Beholder: How Lighting Affects Our Color Perception

June 6, 2023

Megan King

Remember the social media controversy over the color of a dress? That’s a lighthearted example of how illumination can affect the things we see, but this is serious science.

man in a lab adjusting a small metallic ball with a mirror in it attached by a magnet to a large swinging metal arm

Journeying From Laboratory Research to Documentary Standards

March 18, 2020

Bala Muralikrishnan

“Wow, that’s cool, but the meter was defined a long time ago, so what is really there for you to do?” This is the response I get from people when I tell them that I work in the length group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). My reply is as short as I can make it — “I spend

a latex gloved hand holds a syringe that has been loaded with medicine

Manufacturing Standards for Biopharmaceuticals: A Q&A With NIST’s Sheng Lin-Gibson and Vijay Srinivasan

January 21, 2020

Biopharmaceuticals, also known as biological drugs or biologics, are manufactured from living organisms or contain living organisms that have been genetically engineered to prevent or treat diseases. Biologics are chemically and structurally complex, and often highly heterogeneous; therefore

Woman standing in a lab holds a rectangular radiation detector near a metal globe that has been painted with a radiation symbol

Defending Against Nuclear and Radioactive Threats: A Q&A with NIST's Leticia Pibida

May 8, 2019

Leticia Pibida

Leticia Pibida, a physicist in the Radiation Physics Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been chosen as a finalist for a Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal, an award for federal employees given by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service. The honor

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The Eye of the Beholder: How Lighting Affects Our Color Perception

Journeying From Laboratory Research to Documentary Standards

Manufacturing Standards for Biopharmaceuticals: A Q&A With NIST’s Sheng Lin-Gibson and Vijay Srinivasan

Defending Against Nuclear and Radioactive Threats: A Q&A with NIST's Leticia Pibida