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Science Now

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

To find the weight of an aeroplane, or check the visibility of a fluorescent road sign, the place to call is the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington.
Peter Evans pays a visit and discovers how the scientists solve these and other problems facing British manufacturers with rulers made of lasers, thermometers without glass and clocks containing atoms of caesium.
Producer DEBORAH COHEN
(Re-broadcast next Saturday)

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Deborah Cohen
Source: Radio Times

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