Showcasing some of the very best of NPL's science output. Zend_Feed_Writer 1.10.1 (http://framework.zend.com) http://www.npl.co.uk/ As part of a UK Technology Strategy Board supported project on the Advanced Surface Protection to Enable Carbon abatement Technologies (ASPECT) the use of aluminium diffusion coatings to protect autenitic steels from steam oxidation has been assessed.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~4/tQpW3RlNKkI" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:01:00 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~3/tQpW3RlNKkI/7691 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7691 0 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7691 The measurement of beam propagation parameters is essential for the wide ranging use of lasers in industry, medicine and academia.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~4/eoS7mCd8gkg" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 10:01:00 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~3/eoS7mCd8gkg/7720 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7720 0 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7720 This poster describes a method of visualising the intensity distribution generated by physiotherapy ultrasound equipment, which uses novel tiles which capture the distribution of heating.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~4/mxIrHc7EPLI" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:33:00 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~3/mxIrHc7EPLI/7690 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7690 0 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7690 The NPL Zeiss Auriga 60 focused ion beam scanning electron microscope (FIB-SEM) is a major facility for 3D microstructural characterisation of materials.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~4/d8gzI1CxpiI" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:30:00 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~3/d8gzI1CxpiI/6857 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/6857 0 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/6857 A team of scientists from NPL and the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust have successfully completed an initial trial of a new, potentially more reliable, technique for screening breast cancer using ultrasound<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~4/6Sf9wlZAd9M" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:30:00 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~3/6Sf9wlZAd9M/7633 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7633 0 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7633 Miniature CMMs are ideal for high accuracy tactile measurement of sub-millimetre scale features on centimetre and millimetre-sized objects to sub-micrometre accuracy. Current efforts to enhance the capability of miniature CMMs are focused on the development of new probing systems.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~4/TpyeyRTQzNw" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:30:00 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~3/TpyeyRTQzNw/7634 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7634 0 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7634 The C. elegans nematode is one the most widely studied model organisms in biological research and is routinely used to investigate the development and functioning of the nervous system.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~4/-crgFUeWa4k" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:30:00 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~3/-crgFUeWa4k/7635 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7635 0 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7635 Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) is an invaluable tool for measuring the piezoresponse of functional materials at the nanoscale, allowing for high resolution measurements of the electromechanical coupling of thin films.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~4/0cUmuDsVetY" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:30:00 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~3/0cUmuDsVetY/7636 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7636 0 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7636 This poster describes how NPL is establishing the calibration procedures that are required to conduct accurate indentation measurements at elevated temperatures.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~4/K7yY7XB_xrM" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:30:00 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~3/K7yY7XB_xrM/7637 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7637 0 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7637 This poster gives an update of progress on developments on a Near-Field Scanning Microwave Microscope (NSMM).<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~4/Yli5mjUUI8A" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:30:00 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~3/Yli5mjUUI8A/7684 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7684 0 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7684 A MEMS vertical levitation comb drive actuator has been created for the measurement of piezoelectric coefficients in thin/thick films or piezoelectrically active micro-scale components of other MEMS devices.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~4/hgYRpYIHdcw" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 08 Aug 2012 13:30:00 +0000 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NPLSciencePosters/~3/hgYRpYIHdcw/7686 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7686 0 http://www.npl.co.uk/content/conWebDoc/7686