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Capturing Those In-Between Moments: NIST Solves Timing Problem in Molecular Modeling Capturing Those In-Between Moments: NIST Solves Timing Problem in Molecular Modeling

A theoretical physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a method for calculating the motions and forces of thousands of atoms simultaneously over a wider …

NIST Issues First Reference Material for Tissue Engineering NIST Issues First Reference Material for Tissue Engineering

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week issued its first reference materials to support the new and growing field of tissue engineering for medicine. The new NIST …

Hydrogen Facility News

Efforts to create a "hydrogen economy" to reduce U.S. oil imports will get a boost from a new laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that will evaluate …