Calibration of essential medical components
NPL ensured regular calibration of critical parts for the manufacture of a component of asthma inhalers during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Innovative materials for low-cost 3D medical imaging
Developing and optimising a novel X-ray source that allows low-cost, truly portable 3D scans.
Metrology Improving Global Ophthalmic Optics
Today, Chinese consumers don’t need to worry about the quality of glasses, but back in the 1980s, this was not the case. In 1988, the National Institute of Metrology (NIM) organised the first quality survey of glasses products in Beijing.