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Key Toy Safety Standard Revised

ASTM International has published a revision to its Standard Consumer Safety Specification for… more

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Consumer Products

How Standards are Contributing to the Future of Robotics

Humankind has long been fascinated by what we would today call robots. Stories are found across the… more

Industry sectors:

Safety

How Commercial Spaceflight is Propelled by Safety Standards

Few things embody the power of modern technology more than space exploration. From the iconic… more

Industry sectors:

Aerospace

Features

Making Autonomous Flight a Reality

Almost from the first moment humankind took to the skies, we have searched for a way to make flight… more

Features

A New Era for UAS Standards

Package delivery. Infrastructure inspection. Traffic management. Search and rescue operations. And… more

Features

It's Sedimentary: How Forensic Geology is Helping to Break the Case

Forensic sciences have become something of a cultural fascination, the subject of countless… more

Update

Insulating Fluids in Distribution and Power Transformers

ASTM’s committee on electrical insulating liquids and gases (D27) is developing a proposed standard… more