Improving Safety Measures and Measures of Safety for World Metrology Day 2012
Release Date: 05/17/2012

World Metrology Day celebrates the signing of the Treaty of the Meter on May 20, 1875. By signing the treaty, representatives from 17 nations, … more

Call for Proposals to Create Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute
Release Date: 05/15/2012

The federal government issued on May 9, 2012, a solicitation for proposals from teams led by non-profit organizations or universities to establish … more

NIST Hydrogen Fuel Materials Test Facility Starts Delivering Data
Release Date: 05/15/2012

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have published their first archival paper based on data from the … more

A Memoir of Los Alamos in World War II
May 18, 2012

As an undergraduate physics student turned soldier, Dr. Peshkin was lucky to be sent to Los Alamos, where he worked most of the time as Richard … more

Creating Usable Electronic Health Records (EHRs): A User-Centered Design Best Practices Workshop
May 22, 2012

Electronic health records (EHRs) have the potential of improving the quality, safety and efficiency of  patient care ; yet, human factors and … more

NIST Taximeter Work Group Web-Conference
May 23, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is in the process of forming a working group to develop proposals to revise the current … more