Fig 1. Atmospheric pressure vs. elevation. The relationship between elevation and atmospheric (atm) pressure is non-linear as represented by this graph. Photo Credit: Abaris, as adapted from The ...

Cool idea: NIST’s Daniel Barker, Steve Eckel, Jim Fedchak, Julia Scherschligt and colleagues have developed and tested a technique that uses cold atoms to measure ultralow pressures. (Courtesy: NIST) ...

[Allan] needed a small vacuum chamber to get all the air out of clear casting resin. Degassing is a simple step in casting that improves the finished product immensely. The problem, though, is ...

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When I was in college — more years ago than I would like to admit — I served as a resident assistant in my university's residence halls. Each floor had a vacuum students could use to clean their rooms ...

Necessity might be the mother of all invention, but we often find that inventions around here are just as often driven by expensive off-the-shelf parts and a lack of willingness to spend top dollar ...