Bytes and Pieces:

• Toy quality: About a fifth of the 1,800 toy manufacturers in China have enrolled in training courses to improve quality, sponsored by the Chinese government. Learn more.
• Preventing errors: The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is a nonprofit organization educating the healthcare community and consumers about safe medication practices. Learn more.
• Small time: NIST researchers have demonstrated a miniature atomic clock with inner workings about the size of a grain of rice and potential applications in atomically precise timekeeping in portable, battery-powered devices for secure wireless communications, navigation, and other applications, according to this article in Cal Lab, the International Journal of Metrology. Learn more.

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