Chemistry News | |
|
Scientific Visualization Team Wins OASCR
Release Date: 07/22/2009 A short movie entitled "Simulation of Non-Newtonian Suspensions: Shear Thinning Case" developed by ITL's Scientific Applications and … more
NIST Releases Vitamin D Standard Reference Material
Release Date: 07/14/2009 Responding to concerns about the quality and accuracy of methods used by testing laboratories to measure levels of vitamin D in the body, … more
NIST Issues Human Milk and Blood Serum SRMs for Contaminant Measurements
Release Date: 06/30/2009 Responding to scientists' need to measure organic contaminants in human body fluids, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) … more
Workshop to Aim for Security, Accessibility in Future Voting Systems
Release Date: 06/30/2009 Creating voting machines that are both trustworthy and easy to use is the goal of the End-to-End Voting Systems Workshop, which should interest … more
Genetically Engineered Mice Yield Clues to ‘Knocking Out’ Cancer
Release Date: 06/30/2009 Deleting two genes in mice responsible for repairing DNA strands damaged by oxidation leads to several types of tumors, providing additional … more
NIST Seeks Proposals for $20 Million Program to Create Measurement Science and Engineering Fellowships
Release Date: 06/16/2009 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is establishing a financial assistance program to help selected … more
NIST Researchers 'All Aglow' Over New Test of Toxin Strength
Release Date: 06/16/2009 A new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) assay using a "glow or no glow" technique may soon help the U.S. Department … more
Long-Sought Protein Structure May Help Reveal How 'Gene Switch' Works
Release Date: 02/10/2009 The bacterium behind one of mankind’s deadliest scourges, tuberculosis, is helping researchers at the National Institute of Standards … more
Long-Sought Protein Structure May Help Reveal How ‘Gene Switch’ Works -- NIST, Brookhaven Researchers Use Tuberculosis Bacteria to End 25-Year Quest
Release Date: 02/06/2009 GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The bacterium behind one of mankind's deadliest scourges, tuberculosis, is helping researchers at the Commerce … more
Super Sensitive Gas Detector Goes Down the Nanotubes
Release Date: 01/13/2009 When cells are under stress, they blow off steam by releasing minute amounts of nitrogen oxides and other toxic gases. In a recent paper,* … more
New Tool Gives Researchers a Glimpse of Biomolecules in Motion
Release Date: 01/13/2009 The ability of biomolecules to flex and bend is important for the performance of many functions within living cells. However, researchers … more
NIST Researcher Receives Kudos for Images of Labs on a Chip
Release Date: 11/12/2008 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) bioengineer Greg Cooksey is equally talented behind the lens of a camera as he is … more
Sniffing Out a Better Chemical Sensor
Release Date: 10/28/2008 Marrying a sensitive detector technology capable of distinguishing hundreds of different chemical compounds with a pattern-recognition module that … more
Moths with a Nose for Learning
Release Date: 10/01/2008 Much like Pavlov conditioned his dog to salivate in anticipation of food when a bell rang, insects can be trained to perform certain behaviors … more
JILA Scientists Create First Dense Gas of Ultracold 'Polar' Molecules
Release Date: 09/18/2008 Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder … more |
General Information: 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1070
|
