Standard bullets project featured in Science News.The Jan. 11, 2003, edition of Science News featured an article entitled en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: "A Shot in the Light," about the Standard Bullets Project led by a NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. researcher. The article discussed the automated image analysis systems and databases for linking bullets and casings Ca´sings n. pl. 1. Dried dung of cattle used as fuel. recovered from different crime scenes with each other and with bullets and casings from suspect weapons. The role of the developing National Integrated Ballistics ballistics (bəlĭs`tĭks), science of projectiles. Interior ballistics deals with the propulsion and the motion of a projectile within a gun or firing device. Information Network in this process also was discussed, along with the project at NIST to develop reproducible standard bullets to verify the operation of the image analysis systems. The manufacture of the first 20 bullets was discussed, along with the development of the NIST measurement and analysis system for demonstrating their reproducibility. CONTACT: John Song, (301)975-3799; jun-feng.song@nist.gov. |
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