Let’s say you work in R&D in an emerging field like exoskeletons — wearable, high-tech equipment that helps factory workers, patients, and others. Some of the prototypes you’ve built are…

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The ASTM International headquarters building in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, is in the midst of a makeover. As a start, the building’s first and fourth floors were renovated in the last 12…

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On July 23, the partners in the new ASTM International Center of Excellence in Additive Manufacturing will gather for a signing ceremony at Auburn University's Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.…

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Cracked walls and broken windows. Muddy water covering furniture, appliances, and memories. A lone chimney standing sentinel over a charred pile of ashes.

Natural disasters like earthquakes…

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Until recently, no matter where they were stationed, most U.S. soldiers wore the same combat boot. The footwear performed well in arid climates, such as the deserts of Iraq, but proved problematic…

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People live and work and shop at 245 Park Avenue, a 48-floor skyscraper in midtown Manhattan, one of many dotting the city’s skyline. The Park Avenue building also became New York City’s largest…

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When adventurous New Yorkers paid five cents to board the Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway at Coney Island in 1884, they found themselves hurtling along at a top speed of nearly 10 kilometers…

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Key excerpts from conversations with women leaders in standardization.

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Fingerprints. A scrap of cloth. A blurry image from a surveillance video.

Sketchy, ephemeral clues like these are often the only leads authorities have when investigating a crime or…

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“Everyone goes up the mountain a different way, but they share the goal of the same summit,” says Dale F. Bohn, product quality manager for Flint Hills Resources LP and ASTM International’s…

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