NPL is the United Kingdom's national standards laboratory, an internationally respected and independent centre of excellence in research, development and knowledge transfer in measurement and materials science. For more than a century we have developed and maintained the nation's primary measurement standards - the heart of an infrastructure designed to ensure accuracy, consistency and innovation in physical measurement.
23 November 2004 - National Physical Laboratory A device which lets scientists scrutinise individual atoms and a technique for looking inside red hot steel are among winners of the 2004 National Measurement Awards announced at NPL.