NPL is now gearing up for a new challenge, as the UK launches its first high-energy proton therapy facilities. The UK was the site of the world’s first hospital-based proton therapy centre: the ...

Scientists and engineers from the National Physical Laboratory have created a low cost and easy-to-manufacture ventilator design, in response to the need for affordable ventilator technologies in ...

In addition to NPL's respected scientific depth and credibility, NPL brings the required metrology expertise to develop technologies for the quantum computing era.

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has marked the inauguration of the first of three innovation nodes designed to enhance the United Kingdom’s capabilities in the development of time-critical ...

A major milestone towards the redefinition of the second has been achieved by scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) with the first inclusion of a UK optical frequency standard (NPL-Sr1) ...

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the UK’s national metrology institute, recently added to its testing capability by acquiring an Indentation Plastometer from Plastometrex.

NPL’s Measurement for Business (M4B) programme, is expanding opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses. The programme allows easy access to up to 20 days specialist measurement science and ...

An innovative semiconductor technology developed by scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has been selected as one of the first ten UK semiconductor innovations to receive support from ...

A consortium led by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has been awarded £5m in funding to develop the UK Greenhouse Gas (GHG) measurement capability in support of the UK’s net zero transition.

A pioneering new semiconductor technology developed by scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has been selected as one of the first twelve UK semiconductor innovations to receive support ...

Queensgate, a brand of Prior Scientific, has won funding from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, for a fourth nanopositioning research project as part of Analysis for Innovators (A4I) program ...

To join TIA, NPL compared NPL-Sr1 with the UK’s own physical UTC reference, and submitted findings to the Consultative for Time and Frequency working group of the BIPM’s International Committee for ...