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Understanding How Glasses 'Relax' Provides Some Relief for Manufacturers
Release Date: 04/26/2011 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Wesleyan University have used computer simulations to gain basic … more
NIST Technique Controls Sizes of Nanoparticle Clusters for EHS Studies
Release Date: 02/02/2011 The same properties that make engineered nanoparticles attractive for numerous applications—small as a virus, biologically and … more
Real-World Graphene Devices May Have a Bumpy Ride
Release Date: 01/19/2011 Electronics researchers love graphene. A two-dimensional sheet of carbon one atom thick, graphene is like a superhighway for electrons, which … more
Quartz Crystal Microbalances Enable New Microscale Analytic Technique
Release Date: 11/24/2010 A new chemical analysis technique developed by a research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses the shifting … more
NIST, Harvard Researchers Share 2010 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics
Release Date: 10/26/2010 NIST physical scientist Henri Lezec (above), along with Federico Capasso of Harvard, won the 2010 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics. Henri … more
Depth Charge: Using Atomic Force Microscopy to Study Subsurface Structures
Release Date: 06/23/2010 Over the past couple of decades, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a powerful tool for imaging surfaces at astonishing … more
'Instant Acid' Method Offers New Insight into Nanoparticle Dispersal in the Environment and the Body
Release Date: 06/09/2010 Using a chemical trick that allows them to change the acidity of a solution almost instantly, a team at the National Institute of Standards and … more
NIST Scientists Gain New 'Core' Understanding of Nanoparticles
Release Date: 05/25/2010 While attempting to solve one mystery about iron oxide-based nanoparticles, a research team working at the National Institute of Standards and … 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
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
NIST Scientists Quantify Nanoparticle-Protein Interactions
Release Date: 01/12/2010 A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has quantified the interaction of gold nanoparticles with important … more
Combining Nanotubes and Antibodies for Breast Cancer ‘Search and Destroy’ Missions
Release Date: 12/01/2009 Single-walled nanotubes--cylinders of carbon about a nanometer in diameter--have been highly touted for potential applications such as ultrastrong … more
Multi-Laboratory Study Sizes Up Nanoparticle Sizing
Release Date: 08/11/2009 As a result of a major inter-laboratory study, the standards body ASTM International has been able to update its guidelines for a commonly used … more
Gold Nanostars Outshine the Competition
Release Date: 10/14/2008 Novel nanoparticles being tested at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have researchers seeing stars. In a recent paper,* … more
Cool! Nanoparticle Research Points to Energy Savings
Release Date: 07/22/2008 Adding just the right dash of nanoparticles to standard mixes of lubricants and refrigerants could yield the equivalent of an energy-saving chill … more |
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