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National Physical Laboratory (NPL) News
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European consortium to combat methane emissions
The Centre for Carbon Measurement at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is leading a European consortium to develop and test new methane measurement instruments for shale gas extraction, municipal waste water treatment plants and gas ...
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Leap second to be added
A leap second will be introduced on 30 June 2012 following a decision made by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) earlier this year. This could potentially be one of the last ever leap seconds added, as a decision ...
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NPL`s second life
NPL is one of the first national research laboratories to work extensively in Second Life (SL) - an online three-dimensional world where users can explore, build, socialise, collaborate, and participate in online meetings. NPL has always been an ...
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Shedding light on displays
Sunlight is annoying when it makes it hard to read an e-mail. It can be dangerous if a driver can`t see a dashboard display at speed. NPL is developing techniques which will lead to improved readibility of displays in a range of lighting conditions. ...
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UK satellite mission to improve accuracy of climate-change measurements gains support
TRUTHS (Traceable Radiometry Underpinning Terrestrial- and Helio- Studies) is a proposed satellite mission, led by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), to improve tenfold the accuracy of earth observation satellites used to deliver climate change ...
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Space mission set to monitor the effects of climate change
NPL is helping the UK play a key role in an international space mission to predict the effects of climate change. EarthCARE is a mission to compare cloud distribution with radiation, giving a more detailed picture of how clouds affect climate ...
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Laying the foundations for the next generation of structural health monitoring
The first step towards creating a simple method to understand Structural Health Monitoring systems is being taken by NPL – the development of industrial demonstrators for renewable energy and civil engineering structures. There is a wide industrial ...