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Setting the Standard
How do you measure time to within a few billionths of a second per day, prevent bridges from collapsing in high winds, and ensure one breed of robot can work with another?
Peter Evans examines the research of the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, where scientists are engaged in anything from looking after the everyday constants of life such as the second and the inch to setting the new yardsticks of American technology. Producer JULIAN BROWN

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