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NIST, NCI, SAIC Partner on New Method for Detecting HER2 Breast Cancer
Release Date: 02/19/2008 Immunohistochemical detection of HER2 cancer biomarker with IgY antibody and quantum dots is demonstrated in these samples of breast cancer cells … more
International Biofuels Effort Seeks Fewer Barriers, More Trade
Release Date: 02/05/2008 On Feb. 1, 2008, the governments of the United States, Brazil and the European Union (EU)—the world’s major producers of … more
NIST Reference Materials Are 'Gold Standard' for Bio-Nanotech Research
Release Date: 01/08/2008 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued its first reference standards for nanoscale particles targeted for the … more
New NIST Mini-Sensor May Have Biomedical and Security Applications
Release Date: 11/01/2007 Boulder, Colo. – A tiny sensor that can detect magnetic field changes as small as 70 femtoteslas—equivalent to the brain waves … more
New SRM Allows Accurate Accounting of Forensic DNA
Release Date: 10/25/2007 Thanks to the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a method for making multiple copies of DNA fragments, even tiny bits of biological evidence (in the … more
Showcase - Focus on Microfluidics
Release Date: 10/12/2007 A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND FEDERAL MARKETPLACE EVENT NIST Presents Its Microfluidics Technologies For Commercial Adoption On Tuesday, October 9, … more
Biopharmaceutical Infrastructure Key to Lower Drug Development Costs
Release Date: 10/11/2007 Improvements to the technology infrastructure for researching and developing new biopharmaceuticals would be expected to save the industry … more
SRMs Track Fire Retardants in Humans and Environment
Release Date: 08/16/2007 If only the flame retardant chemicals routinely added to consumer products from carpets to cell phones just did their job and nothing more. Health … more
Layered Approach May Yield Stronger, More Successful Bone Implants
Release Date: 08/16/2007 High-magnification scanning electron microscopy shows (center of micrograph) the leg of an osteoblast (bone precursor), called a cytoplasmic … more
Ginkgo SRMs: Tools for Product Analysis/Quality
Release Date: 08/16/2007 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a suite of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for ginkgo biloba , one of the … more
DNA Sieve: Nanoscale Pores Can Be Tiny Analysis Labs
Release Date: 05/10/2007 Imagine being able to rapidly identify tiny biological molecules such as DNA and toxins using less than a drop of salt water in a system that can … more
Study: Cells Selectively Absorb Short Nanotubes
Release Date: 03/30/2007 DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) shorter than about 200 nanometers readily enter into human lung cells and so may pose an … more
Unusually Stable Glasses May Benefit Drugs, Coatings
Release Date: 12/07/2006 Just spray and chill. That sums up a new approach to making remarkably stable glassy materials from organic (carbon-containing) molecules that … more
Robot Wheelchair May Give Patients More Independence
Release Date: 09/28/2006 NIST research assistants demonstrate two functions of the prototype robotic HLPR chair (left) facilitating leg exercise and (right) lifting the … more
ERCC to Begin Test Rounds for Final RNA Reference Set
Release Date: 09/14/2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the External RNA Controls Consortium (ERCC), has awarded a contract … more |
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