I’m a sucker for tools that measure things, especially when they offer a great deal of precision. Or, better, accuracy, for accuracy is how closely a measurement conforms to reality, and precision is ...

Learn best practices for capillary thermometers calibration to maintain accuracy and meet regulatory requirements.

Nanotechnology researchers at UC Davis have shown that they can use a red blood cell to calibrate a sensitive instrument, an atomic force microscope. "It turns around the rules of nanotechnology, by ...