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Trump cuts threaten measurement lab critical for advanced chips and medical devices

Lasers shine as part of an advanced atomic clock at NIST. Precise measurements of the colors of light emitted by atoms is essential to everything from atomic clocks to medical devices.

The Atomic Spectroscopy Group provides standardized measurements used across wide swaths of science and industry. The Trump administration plans to cut it.

(Image credit: N. Phillips/NIST)

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