NIST Physicist Scott Diddams views the NIST frequency comb designed to ensure the precision of starlight analysis at the Hobby-Eberly Telescope in Texas (Photo credit: NIST).

A student capstone team from Michigan Technological University gets a close look at a maritime rescue helicopter during an Oct. 19, 2018, team gathering. The group is collaborating with the Air Force Research Laboratory and the U.S. Coast Guard to design a compact, high-capacity maritime rescue device. (Photo courtesy of Mark Bobal, U.S. Coast Guard)

The DARPA Subterranean Challenge explores innovative approaches and new technologies to rapidly map, navigate, and search complex underground environments, including Edgar Experimental Mine. (Photo credit: Colorado School of Mines)

Under a recent agreement, Avista and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will collaborate on new battery and thermal storage technologies, and the development and testing of transactive building controls for increased grid reliability and resiliency. (Photo credit: PNNL)