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Economy, Energy and Environment: Going Green in the Black
Release Date: 07/21/2010 The Economy, Energy, and Environment (E3) Initiative , a collaborative effort involving five federal agencies, state and local governments, … more
NIST Nanoscale Dimensioning Technique Wins R&D 100 Award
Release Date: 07/21/2010 A radical, new method developed at NIST that transforms the humble, ubiquitous and inexpensive optical microscope into a powerful … more
Robots Big and Small Showcase Their Skills at NIST Alaskan Events
Release Date: 06/09/2010 Make room, Bender, Rosie and R2D2! Your newest mechanical colleagues are a few steps closer to reality, thanks to lessons learned during two … more
Teams Gearing Up for Two NIST Robotic Competitions in Alaska
Release Date: 06/07/2010 The recruitment period is over. The competitors have been selected. Let the games begin! Photomicrograph shows Mag-µBot, the entry from … more
Robots Big and Small Showcase Their Skills at NIST Alaskan Events
Release Date: 05/25/2010 Make room, Bender, Rosie and R2D2! Your newest mechanical colleagues are a few steps closer to reality, thanks to lessons learned during two … more
New Study Helps Explain the Surprising Behavior of Tiny 'Artificial Muscles'
Release Date: 04/27/2010 Using neutron beams and atomic-force microscopes, a team of university researchers working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology … more
Teams Gearing Up for Two NIST Robotic Competitions in Alaska
Release Date: 04/27/2010 The recruitment period is over. The competitors have been selected. Let the games begin! Photomicrograph shows Mag-µBot, the entry from … more
2010 TIP Competition Focuses on Manufacturing Technologies
Release Date: 04/15/2010 The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a new competition for high-risk, high-reward … more
New MEP Advisory Board White Paper Assesses the Present and Future of American Manufacturing
Release Date: 04/13/2010 A new white paper prepared by the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Board discusses the state of domestic manufacturing and the … 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
Paintable Electronics? NIST Studies Spray-On Manufacturing of Transistors
Release Date: 03/30/2010 A multidisciplinary research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found* that an organic semiconductor may be a … more
NIST Researchers Holding Steady in an Atomic-Scale Tug-of-War
Release Date: 03/30/2010 How hard do you have to pull on a single atom of--let's say--gold to detach it from the end of a chain of like atoms?* It's a measure of … more
Baldrige Program Funds Four State Efforts to Teach Performance Excellence
Release Date: 03/16/2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Baldrige National Quality Program (BNQP) has announced that four state quality … more
MEP to Support New Building-Efficiency Research Center
Release Date: 02/16/2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) will be supporting the creation of a … more
Manufacturing Competition Challenges University Teams to Stack a Better Pallet
Release Date: 01/26/2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking university teams to participate in a May 2010 Virtual Manufacturing … more |
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