The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science has successfully developed a length measurement system that achieves a level of precision approaching the theoretical limit allowed by quantum ...

This is a short introductory note to the texts of lectures presented at a Royal Society Discussion meeting held on 14-15 Febrary 2005 and now published in this issue of Philosophical Transactions A.

Synchronous Detection is a useful technique for extracting low level signals buried below the noise floor, with many instrumentation applications. Some examples include measuring very small resistance ...

What are static and dynamic inclinometers? Which one should you choose for your project? Not sure you need one? We’ve included a range of applications where an inclinometer adds value. Precision and ...

No audio available for this content. Technology has improved the scientific community’s ability to measure in many ways that our ancestors would have trouble believing. From obtaining measurements ...

University of Illinois Physics Professor Paul Kwiat and members of his research group have developed a new tool for precision measurement at the nanometer scale in scenarios where background noise and ...