NPL
Join the NPL for a webinar on 16 December 2025 2.30pm, to hear how the organisation has applied practical solutions for detecting defects in materials and civil engineering structures to ensure critical components remain safe throughout their lifecycle.
As the UK’s National Metrology Institute, NPL plays a critical role in advancing measurement science, a discipline underpinning everything from healthcare diagnostics to climate monitoring and emerging technologies. Yet, like many STEM organisations, NPL faces a persistent challenge: a national shortage of skilled workers.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has published a new perspective on its 2020 Technology and Measurement Foresighting report.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has joined a new London Quantum Cluster, bringing together University College London (UCL), Imperial College…
The NPL is hosting a Make, Monitor, Measure: Getting the Best Out of Your Data event at the 3M Buckley…
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) have signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)…
The NPL is hosting an online workshop for calibration laboratories on Digital Calibration Certificates (DCCs). The workshop will introduce DCCs…
The European Metrology Network (EMN) for Advanced Manufacturing has appointed Fernando Castro as its new Chair.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has announced a new, exclusive round of its Analysis for Innovators (A4I) funding call. The…
Accurate testing methods are crucial for laboratory experiments to predict material failure, whether you’re developing wind turbine blades, aerospace components,…
Researchers across the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Finland and Japan have completed a highly coordinated comparison of optical clocks – a significant step towards redefining the second.
A new report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has outlined the indispensable role of accurate measurement in engineering.