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NIST Releases Draft Report on Cowboys Facility Collapse
Release Date: 10/06/2009 A fabric-covered, steel frame practice facility owned by the National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys collapsed under wind loads … more
Convoy Returns World Trade Center Steel to New York City
Release Date: 10/06/2009 A fter seven years on the Gaithersburg, Md., campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), more than 200 pieces of … more
Showcase - Bio-imaging Technologies (9/2009)
Release Date: 10/06/2009 A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND FEDERAL MARKETPLACE EVENT TEDCO, NIST and NIH Present Bio-imaging Technologies For Commercial Adoption On Tuesday, … more
Two Named to Earthquake Advisory Board
Release Date: 09/22/2009 Two distinguished earthquake experts have been named to serve on the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR) of the National … more
NIST Deploys Experts to Assist in California Fires
Release Date: 09/03/2009 Ongoing Effort Aims to Aid Understanding, Mitigation of Wildfires in Urban Areas The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of … more
Shake, Rattle, No Roll: Construction Guide for Earthquake-Resistant Buildings
Release Date: 07/28/2009 A guide* for designing buildings using steel moment frames to resist earthquakes has been published by the National Institute of Standards and … more
NYPD Report on Protecting Buildings Adopts NIST WTC Recommendations
Release Date: 07/14/2009 A recently released New York City Police Department (NYPD) report designed "to aid the New York City building community by providing … more
NIST Study Offers First Detailed Look at the Progress of a Wildland-Urban Fire
Release Date: 06/16/2009 A wildfire rages across southern California wildlands towards residential communities, endangering residents and firefighters and sending property … more
NIST Processes to Help Build Next-Generation Nuclear Power Plants
Release Date: 06/02/2009 Information exchange processes developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be at the center of the effort to … more
New Study: Home Energy Savings Are Made in the Shade
Release Date: 05/05/2009 Trees positioned to shade the west and south sides of a house may decrease summertime electric bills by 5 percent on average, according to a … more
NIST Researcher Dan Madrzykowski Named Fire Service Instructor of the Year
Release Date: 05/05/2009 Daniel Madrzykowski Credit: NIST Daniel Madrzykowski of the National Institute of Standards and Technology was named George D. Post Instructor of … more
High Rise Fire Study Provides Insight Into Deadly Wind-Driven Fires
Release Date: 05/05/2009 Fire researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have just published two reports providing details of how wind … more
NIST Stairwell Evacuation Study Finds 'What We Know We Don't Know'
Release Date: 03/24/2009 Most of the time, we use the stairs in buildings—especially in high-rise structures—only as a back-up for faster elevators and … more
Comments Sought on NIST Guidelines for Structural Fire Resistance
Release Date: 03/10/2009 A new draft report released for public comment by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides a comprehensive set of … more
NIST and French Lab to Study Weathering of Advanced Composites for Bridges and Piers
Release Date: 02/24/2009 Weather SPHERE: Researchers from France's National Scientific and Technological Institute and NIST will work together to learn more about the … more |
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