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 ...

In fields from electronic design to industrial and pharmaceutical manufacturing, precision testing and measurement have long been critical features, measuring pressure as sensitive as a baby’s breath ...

Many people use the words “accuracy,” “precision,” and “resolution” as if they were synonyms, even though they are all very different. For example, datasheets for products as diverse as test & ...

New spacecraft techniques propose using CubeSats, laser rangefinding, and precise Doppler measurements to determine the mass ...

Purpose: The precision and accuracy of two blood glucose meters were evaluated using finger and forearm blood samples. Methods: Duplicate blood glucose measurements on the same forearm and finger as ...

White-light interferometry is one of today’s most precise tools for determining the properties of optical materials. Its achievable precision and accuracy are typically limited by systematic errors ...

I have a low tolerance for precise inaccuracy, though I’ve been in such situations more often than I care to admit. The upside is that it’s like an epiphany when awareness hits (or someone hits me ...

Ultraviolet spectroscopy plays a critical role in the study of electronic transitions in atoms and rovibronic transitions in molecules. These studies are essential for tests of fundamental physics, ...