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Novel NIST Process Is a Low-Cost Route to Ultrathin Platinum Films
Release Date: 12/12/2012 A research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a relatively simple, fast and effective method of … more
Researchers Observe, Control, and Optimize the Growth of Individual Carbon Nanotubes
Release Date: 10/31/2012
Researchers Introduce New Method for Imaging Defects in Magnetic Nanodevices
Release Date: 09/12/2012 Top: Scanning electron micrograph of an array of magnetic nanodisks with a oval-shaped “defect” structure at center. … more
Shaffique Adam Receives Singapore National Research Foundation Fellowship
Release Date: 06/27/2012 In July, Shaffique Adam will join the inaugural faculty of Yale-NUS College as an Assistant Professor of Science, with a joint appointment in the … 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
NIST Reveals Switching Mechanism in Promising Computer Memory Device
Release Date: 02/21/2012 Sometimes knowing that a new technology works is not enough. You also must know why it works to get marketplace acceptance. New information from … more
CNST and Sandia Researchers Publish a Detailed Review of Electrical Contacts in One and Two Dimensional Nanomaterials
Release Date: 02/15/2012 Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Sandia National Laboratories have published a detailed review of recent … more
Unusual 'Collapsing' Iron Superconductor Sets Record for Its Class
Release Date: 02/07/2012 A team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland has found an iron-based superconductor that … more
Stretching Exercises: Using Digital Images to Understand Bridge Failures
Release Date: 01/10/2012 With a random-looking spatter of paint specks, a pair of cameras and a whole lot of computer processing, engineer Mark Iadicola of the National … more
New Magnetic-Field-Sensitive Alloy Could Find Use in Novel Micromechanical Devices
Release Date: 11/22/2011 Led by a group at the University of Maryland (UMd), a multi-institution team of researchers has combined modern materials research and an age-old … more
Are Electron Tweezers Possible? Apparently So.
Release Date: 11/08/2011 Not to pick up electrons, but tweezers made of electrons. A recent paper* by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology … more
Double Jeopardy: Building Codes May Underestimate Risks Due to Multiple Hazards
Release Date: 09/13/2011 As large parts of the nation recover from nature's one-two punch—an earthquake followed by Hurricane Irene—building … more
Iron ‘Veins’ Are Secret of Promising New Hydrogen Storage Material
Release Date: 08/30/2011 With a nod to biology, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have a new approach to the problem of safely … more
NIST Finds That Ethanol-Loving Bacteria Accelerate Cracking of Pipeline Steels
Release Date: 08/02/2011 U.S. production of ethanol for fuel has been rising quickly, topping 13 billion gallons in 2010. With the usual rail, truck and barge transport … more
Armchair Science: DNA Strands That Select Nanotubes Are First Step to a Practical ‘Quantum Wire’
Release Date: 08/02/2011 DNA, a molecule famous for storing the genetic blueprints for all living things, can do other things as well. In a new paper,* researchers at the … more |
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