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NIST Fire Research Earns Honors
Release Date: 05/02/2012 Fire researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently were honored by the International Association of Arson … more
NIST Announces Funding Opportunity to Increase Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings
Release Date: 02/16/2012 The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP) and the Department of … more
President’s FY 2013 Budget Request for NIST Targets Advanced Manufacturing, Critical Science and Technology Programs
Release Date: 02/13/2012 Washington, D.C. – The President’s fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget for the Department of Commerce’s National Institute … more
NIST Provides Octagonal Window of Opportunity for Carbon Capture
Release Date: 02/07/2012 Filtering carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from factory smokestacks is a necessary, but expensive part of many manufacturing processes. However, … more
NIST Report on Texas Fire Urges Firefighters to Consider Wind Effects
Release Date: 02/07/2012 Wind conditions at a fire scene can make a critical difference on the behavior of the blaze and the safety of firefighters, even indoors, … more
Study Finds Failure Points in Firefighter Protective Equipment
Release Date: 12/06/2011 In fire experiments conducted in uniformly furnished, but vacant Chicago-area townhouses, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) … more
New NIST Web Site Features Fire Safety for the Holidays
Release Date: 12/06/2011 Fire researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) remind us that proper care of a cut Christmas tree is important to … more
Elusive Ultrafine Indoor Air Contaminants Yield to NIST Analysis
Release Date: 12/06/2011 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) spent 75 days on the job carrying out some very important … more
Government Issues Building Energy and Water Submetering Report
Release Date: 11/08/2011 WASHINGTON, D.C.—A new interagency report recommends systematic consideration of new metering technologies that can yield up-to-date, … more
New Report Urges More Detailed Utility Metering to Improve Building Efficiency
Release Date: 11/08/2011 A new interagency report recommends systematic consideration of new metering technologies, called submetering, that can yield up-to-date, finely … more
NIST Seeks Help in Understanding Public Response to Joplin Tornado
Release Date: 10/13/2011 As part of its technical study on the impacts of the devastating May 22, 2011, tornado that struck Joplin, Mo., the National Institute of … more
NIST Cooperative Agreement with University of Maryland Supports Research on 21st Century Smart Systems
Release Date: 10/13/2011 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded today a $1 million cooperative agreement to the University of Maryland at … more
In Unique Fire Tests, Outdoor Decks Will Be Under Firebrand Attack
Release Date: 09/27/2011 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will unleash its Dragon—a NIST invention that bellows showers of glowing … more
Double Jeopardy: Building Codes May Underestimate Risks Due to Multiple Hazards
Release Date: 09/13/2011 As large parts of the nation recover from nature's one-two punch—an earthquake followed by Hurricane Irene—building … more
New Website Offers Easy Access to NIST Disaster and Failure Study Data
Release Date: 08/16/2011 For more than 40 years, scientists and engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have studied structural failures … more |
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