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Seven U.S. Organizations Honored with the 2010 Baldrige National Quality Award
Release Date: 11/23/2010 Three Small Businesses Chosen for the First Time in a Single Year WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today named seven … more
New NIST Dietary Supplement Reference Materials Could Be 'Berry' Useful
Release Date: 11/09/2010 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have developed new certified reference materials for measuring amounts of … more
JILA Unveils Improved 'Molecular Fingerprinting' for Trace Gas Detection
Release Date: 10/13/2010 Scientists at JILA and collaborators have demonstrated an improved laser-based "molecular fingerprinting" technique that picks out … more
Growing Nanowires Horizontally Yields New Benefit: 'Nano-LEDs'
Release Date: 09/28/2010 While refining their novel method for making nanoscale wires, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) discovered an … more
Research Shows Radiometric Dating Still Reliable (Again)
Release Date: 09/14/2010 Recent puzzling observations of tiny variations in nuclear decay rates have led some to question the science of using decay rates to determine the … more
NIST Nanofluidic 'Multi-tool' Separates and Sizes Nanoparticles
Release Date: 08/03/2010 A wrench or a screwdriver of a single size is useful for some jobs, but for a more complicated project, you need a set of tools of different … more
Body of Evidence: New Fast, Reliable Method to Detect Gravesoil
Release Date: 07/21/2010 Nothing against bloodhounds, but finding bodies buried by someone who wanted them to stay undiscovered can be difficult. However a new technique … more
NIST Team Advances in Translating Language of Nanopores
Release Date: 06/23/2010 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists have moved a step closer to developing the means for a rapid diagnostic blood … more
Liposome-Hydrogel Hybrids: No Toil, No Trouble for Stronger Bubbles
Release Date: 06/09/2010 People have been combining materials to bring forth the best properties of both ever since copper and tin were merged to start the Bronze Age. In … more
NDE Methods for Evaluating Ancient Coins Could be Worth Their Weight in Gold
Release Date: 05/25/2010 Demonstrating that chemistry sometimes can inform history, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Colorado … more
NIST to Sponsor Greenhouse Gas Emissions Workshop
Release Date: 05/25/2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is sponsoring a workshop on June 2 and 3 to discuss technical barriers to our ability to … more
It's Electrifying: JILA Scientists Use Electric Fields to Control Chemical Reactions of Ultracold Molecules
Release Date: 04/28/2010 BOULDER, Colo. - Physicists at JILA have demonstrated a new tool for controlling ultracold gases and ultracold chemistry: electric fields. … more
Lollipops and Ice Fishing: Molecular Rulers Used to Probe Nanopores
Release Date: 04/27/2010 Using a pair of exotic techniques including a molecular-scale version of ice fishing, a team of researchers working at the National Institute of … more
NIST, Maryland Researchers COMMAND a Better Class of Liposomes
Release Date: 04/27/2010 Pop a bubble while washing the dishes and you're likely to release a few drops of water trapped when the soapy sphere formed. A few years ago, … more
NIST Scientists Address ‘Wrinkles’ in Transparent Film Development
Release Date: 03/30/2010 A closer look at a promising nanotube coating that might one day improve solar cells has turned up a few unexpected wrinkles, according to new … more |
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