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NIST’s Internet Time Service Serves the World
Release Date: 03/08/2016

The Internet Time Service operated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) serves much of the Earth, with customers from … more

NIST Invents Fleet and Fast Test for Nanomanufacturing Quality Control
Release Date: 03/04/2016

Manufacturers may soon have a speedy and nondestructive way to test a wide array of materials under real-world conditions, thanks to an advance … more

Cloud Computing Can Assist Workers with Disabilities, NIST Reports
Release Date: 03/03/2016

Virginia works for a federal agency. She cannot use her hands because of a spinal cord injury, so she relies on a speech recognition system to … more

Conferences and Events
Seminar: Understanding Laser Welding through Calorimetry and Dimensionless Parameters
March 9, 2016

Basic to our knowledge of the science of welding is an understanding of the process efficiencies and the dependencies of these dimensionless … more

The Birth of Sono-Astronomy When the Cosmos Does the Wave
March 11, 2016

At a press conference organized by the National Science Foundation held February 11, 2016, scientists announced the detection of gravitational … more

29th Annual FISSEA Conference
March 15-16, 2016

Awareness, Training, Education, and Certification issues New techniques for developing and conducting effective, meaningful training Workforce … more