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NPL

British

abbreviation

National Physical Laboratory

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Prof Paul and his quantum scientists are working with Dr Margolis and her fellow researchers at NPL, who have been given the "Time Lords" nickname by other horologists.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

But the spectroscopic analysis at NPL also showed evidence of an independent blue-light sensing.

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

This means that the NPL ratio for the real estate sector stood at 5.47%, compared to an average for the bank of 1.41%.

From Reuters • Aug. 30, 2022

"Those were my ancestors," beams Clinton, whose maternal relatives still own and operate a farm in Divide County, "three farms over'' from where the NPL was conceived. "

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2021

“We’ll have to wait longer about the NPL listing,” said George Martin, one of the assistant U.S. attorneys who prosecuted Gilbert and Roberson.

From Washington Post • Apr. 24, 2019

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