http://www.nist.gov The National Institute of Standards and Technology http://www.nist.gov/mml/june-conference-highlights-latest-in-metabolomics.cfm Tue, 15 May 2012 19:01:03 GMT Researchers, health care professionals, academics, industry representatives and others interested in the advanced diagnostic and disease treatment options possible from the analysis of metabolites (the byproducts of cellular metabolism) ... 5f0112c9-bf9e-e111-b429-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/analytical/fish-050212.cfm Wed, 02 May 2012 17:05:26 GMT When it comes to the food used to raise fish in aquaculture 'farms,' it seems that you may get what you pay for. In a new study,* researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the South Carolina ... 3e5599f6-7894-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/materials_reliability/bioreactor-050212.cfm Wed, 02 May 2012 16:17:47 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a prototype bioreactoramp-a device for culturing cells to create engineered tissuesamp-that both stimulates and evaluates tissue as it grows, ... 6e94444f-7294-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/brain-041912.cfm Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:41:34 GMT A miniature atom-based magnetic sensor developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed an important research milestone by successfully measuring human brain activity. Experiments reported this week* ... 86cdfba3-578a-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/biochemical/nanoparticles-041712.cfm Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:27:44 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) have provided the first evidence that engineered nanoparticles are able to accumulate within plants and damage ... 90057cc4-cb88-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/polymers/imaging-041712.cfm Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:57:02 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the Multi-Agency Tissue Engineering Science (MATES) working group, is sponsoring a two-day workshop on imaging challenges and solutions in the field of tissue ... 74b00175-c788-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/ncnr/anesthesia-032012.cfm Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:11:45 GMT Why does inhaling anesthetics cause unconsciousness? New insights into this century-and-a-half-old question may spring from research performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).* Scientists from NIST and the ... c83e94e4-c872-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/polymers/esans-030612.cfm Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:14:43 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have done a mash-up of two very different experimental techniquesamp-neutron scattering and electrochemical measurementsamp-to enable them to observe structural ... 80fd5250-d167-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/oles/prints-022112.cfm Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:13:36 GMT A new report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Justiceamp's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has documented 149 potential sources of human error in the analysis of crime scene ... e4caf9e0-d05c-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/manuf_overview.cfm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT ab965abd-8c56-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/mep.cfm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT eb45312e-f457-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/contributionmanuf.cfm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT e4b7587a-f257-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/overcomingbarriers.cfm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT 13bedd39-f357-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/pushingenvelope.cfm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:00 GMT ffd647ac-f357-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/budget_2013.cfm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:20:18 GMT Washington, D.C. amp- The Presidentamp's fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget for the Department of Commerceamp's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) submitted today to Congress proposes an appropriations funding level of $857 ... 77f050ca-6656-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/disaster-resilience2013.cfm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT aba5bd1a-6353-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/forensic-science2013.cfm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT 53a91372-5b53-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/nstic2013.cfm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT 4f22bd47-6453-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/centers_excellence2013.cfm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT e521a5d1-0b54-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/adv_comm2013.cfm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT db4f3bce-2f54-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/wireless_innov2013.cfm Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:00:00 GMT 7bd0395d-3354-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/factsheet/b1e2013.cfm Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:17:28 GMT 7a18f518-5b53-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/biochemical/cell-020712.cfm Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:12:49 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is launching a project to collect and catalog DNA identification data for up to 1,500 human cell lines used in biological and medical research. In a notice ... cffc90d7-d851-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div689/fret-020712.cfm Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:41:44 GMT Individual cells modified to act as sensors using fluorescence are already useful tools in biochemistry, but now they can add good timing to their resumeacute, thanks in part to expertise from the National Institute of Standards and ... ffca4d81-d451-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/ncnr/zeolite-020712.cfm Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:22:32 GMT Filtering carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from factory smokestacks is a necessary, but expensive part of many manufacturing processes. However, a collaborative research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology ... 274a57cd-d151-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/biochemical/fluidics-020712.cfm Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:09:42 GMT The great artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci once said that amp"simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.amp" National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) research engineer Javier Atencia certainly believes in the wisdom of ... b9925702-d051-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/materials_reliability/ebsd-012412.cfm Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:12:45 GMT Top: Transmission electron diffraction pattern from from a segment of an indium gallium nitride (InGaN) nanowire about 50 nanometers in diameter taken with an SEM using the new NIST technique clearly shows a unique pattern associated ... 69429900-d046-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/biochemical/virus-011012.cfm Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:56:00 GMT A new clinical Standard Reference Material (SRM) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will help health care professionals more accurately diagnose and treat cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common pathogen that is ... a71c55d7-d53b-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/analytical/toxins.cfm Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:56:54 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has developed two new Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for measurements of human exposure to ... 43c39595-cd3b-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div682/neutron-122011.cfm Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:10:17 GMT An advance in sensor design* by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Waterloos Institute of Quantum Computing (IQC) could unshackle a powerful, yet high-maintenance technique for ... 379fbfa6-4e2b-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/polymers/cnt-122011.cfm Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:41:13 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the worldamp's first reference material for single-wall carbon nanotube soot. Distantly related to the soot in your fireplace or in a candle flame, nanotube-laden soot ... db9f05e7-4a2b-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/biometric-120611.cfm Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:45:22 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a revised biometric standard in November, 2011, that vastly expands the type and amount of information that forensic scientists can share across their international ... 4b8a9027-4b20-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/biochemical/fishflu-110811.cfm Tue, 08 Nov 2011 22:03:39 GMT A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has provided the first look* at a genetic structure that may play a critical role in the reproduction of the infectious salmon anemia virus (ISAV), more ... 020f3b5e-540a-e111-9fed-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/biochemical/cluster-102511.cfm Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:41:50 GMT The tendency of nanoparticles to clump together in solutionamp-'agglomeration'amp-is of great interest because the size of the clusters plays an important role in the behavior of the materials. Toxicity, the persistence of the ... a58d2dad-49ff-e011-9fed-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/electromagnetics/magnetics/magnetic-101311.cfm Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:12:23 GMT Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and University of Colorado Boulder (CU) have developed a low-power microchip that uses a combination of microfluidics and magnetic switches to trap and transport ... cae5dfd0-c6f5-e011-9fed-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/polymers/bone-091311.cfm Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:31:51 GMT 'Form follows function!' was the credo of early 20th century architects making design choices based on the intended use of the structure. Cell biologists may be turning that on its head. New research* by a team working at the National ... c6585c56-47de-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/cells-081611.cfm Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:47:17 GMT A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has come up with a potential solution to a two-pronged problem in medical research: How to capture cells on a particular spot on a surface using electric fields ... 8ba8f0d3-48c8-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/ceramics/nanoparticle-062111.cfm Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:43:42 GMT Gold nanoparticles are becoming the amphellip well amphellip gold standard for medical-use nanoparticles. A new paper* by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Cancer Institutes ... c8866c1a-479c-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/nanoparticles-060711.cfm Tue, 07 Jun 2011 20:27:19 GMT Depending on whom you ask, nanoparticles are, potentially, either one of the most promising or the most perilous creations of science. These tiny objects can deliver drugs efficiently and enhance the properties of many materials, but ... 06835576-4491-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/analytical/green_tea_05242011.cfm Tue, 24 May 2011 21:27:30 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a suite of green tea reference materials to help manufacturers evaluate the composition of their products and assure researchers of the accuracy of analytical methods ... ba187963-4c86-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/polymers/20110518_nsoft_mtg.cfm Wed, 18 May 2011 19:45:22 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is holding a special industry workshop on June 2 and 3, 2011, at the NIST laboratories in Gaithersburg, Md., to assess interest in forming a new government-industry consortium ... 75222836-8781-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/ceramics/silver-051011.cfm Tue, 10 May 2011 20:23:31 GMT Nanoparticles of silver are being found increasingly in the environmentamp-and in environmental science laboratories. Because they have a variety of useful properties, especially as antibacterial and antifungal agents, silver ... 27745248-437b-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/analytical/marine-051011.cfm Tue, 10 May 2011 19:44:42 GMT Bottlenose dolphins* and beluga whales**, two marine species at or near the top of their respective food webs, accumulate more chemical pollutants in their bodies when they live and feed in waters near urbanized areas, according to ... f08e8ad9-3d7b-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div685/chirp-051011.cfm Tue, 10 May 2011 19:16:32 GMT Trace gas detection, the ability to detect a scant quantity of a particular moleculeamp-a whiff of formaldehyde or a hint of acetoneamp-in a vast sea of others, underlies many important applications, from medical tests to air pollution ... 49cd7ce7-397b-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/biochemical/swipes-042611.cfm Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:20:48 GMT It may not be as catchy a combination as 'Miss Scarlet in the parlor with a revolver,' but 'polyester-rayon wipes in the field followed by saline-surfactant extraction and vortexing' is the most efficient solution to an important ... 29d22c94-4270-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/biochemical/srm-041211.cfm Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:01:28 GMT A new Standard Reference Material (SRM) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will help clinical genetics labs accurately diagnose Huntingtonamp's disease, an inherited degenerative brain disorder that usually ... 3f0c43f6-4765-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div682/xray-041211.cfm Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:14:55 GMT The idea of probing the bodys interior with radiation stretches back to experiments with X rays in the 1800s, but more than a century later, images taken with radiological scans still are not considered reliable enough to, for example, ... bf76aa79-4165-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/ncnr/cell-033011.cfm Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:56:28 GMT Cell membranes form the amp"skinamp" of most every cell in your body, but the ability to view them up close and in motion cannot be rendered by many experimental techniques. A team of scientists working at the National Institute of ... 2f0cca1c-105b-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/polymers/polymers-033011.cfm Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:26:46 GMT Using a small block of aluminum with a tiny groove carved in it, a team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Polytechnic Institute of New York University is developing an improved ... 71c49fef-0b5b-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/surface/sims-030111.cfm Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:01:03 GMT To determine if a tissue biopsy reveals the presence of cancer, a histologist often screens for cells with an abnormal appearance or a specific visible trait such as a larger-than-usual nucleus. However, by the time a cancer is ... 00a9ceb7-5744-e011-8a7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/ceramics/20110301_protocells.cfm Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:58:49 GMT Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Weill Cornell Medical College have designed artificial 'protocells' that can lure, entrap and inactivate a class of deadly human virusesamp-think decoys ... fad1ef47-5744-e011-8a7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/biochemical/nanoparticles-020111.cfm Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:04:00 GMT The same properties that make engineered nanoparticles attractive for numerous applicationsamp-small as a virus, biologically and environmentally stabile, and water-solubleamp-also cause concern about their long-term impacts on ... 2ccb8518-4f2e-e011-8a7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/hml/eggs_011911.cfm Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:03:00 GMT An international research team working with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists at the Hollings Marine Laboratory (HML) in Charleston, S.C., has suggested for the first time that mercury cycling in the flora ... c5abd40b-bb24-e011-b295-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/mito_010511.cfm Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:28:49 GMT Medical researchers who crave a means of exploring the genetic culprits behind a host of neuromuscular disorders may have just had their wish granted by a team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where ... 086a26b0-1219-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/tip/tip_121510.cfm Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:55:53 GMT The U.S. Commerce Departments National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a total of more than $22 million in funding for nine research projects targeting innovative manufacturing technologies in fields ranging ... 1d5fdafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/analytical/berry_110910.cfm Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:34:16 GMT National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have developed new certified reference materials for measuring amounts of organic acids in dietary supplements formulated with Vaccinium berriesamp-cranberries, ... 665ddafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/el/isd/20101026_microbot.cfm Tue, 26 Oct 2010 20:02:31 GMT Theyamp've played soccer, run dashes and deftly inserted pegs into holesamp-all within a world that can fit inside a single grain of rice. Now, itamp's time for microrobotsamp-mechanical workhorses whose dimensions are measured in ... b85adafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div689/breath_101310.cfm Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:46:18 GMT Scientists at JILA and collaborators have demonstrated an improved laser-based 'molecular fingerprinting' technique that picks out traces of key hydrogen-containing and other molecules from a billion other particles in a gas in just 30 ... a15adafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/ncnr/hiv_101310.cfm Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:35:27 GMT New insights into the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection process, which leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), may now be possible through a research method recently developed in part at the National Institute of ... 985adafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/polymers/cars_101310.cfm Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:24:43 GMT A paper by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may breathe new life into the use of a powerfulamp-but trickyamp-diagnostic technique for cell biology. The paper,* appearing this week in the ... 8c5adafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div688/magnetic_101310.cfm Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:12:52 GMT Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the German national metrology institute have used NISTs miniature atom-based magnetic sensor to successfully track a human heartbeat, confirming the devices ... 855adafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/cell_091410.cfm Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:51:24 GMT On Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the Third Annual Maryland Stem Cell Research Symposium at NISTamp's main campus in Gaithersburg, Md. Sponsored by the Maryland Stem Cell ... c367c7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div685/nanocube_083110.cfm Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:49:23 GMT With growing interest in using nanoparticles for everything from antibacterial socks to medical imaging to electronic devices, the need to understand the environmental, health and safety risks of these particles also grows. Researchers ... 6d55dafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/ncwm_081710.cfm Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:34:38 GMT State regulators, meter manufacturers and hydrogen gas producers concerned with developing markets for hydrogen fuel farmers seeking to more precisely plan their plantings and consumers and manufacturers of dry goods seeking fairness in ... d861c7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/nanopores_062310.cfm Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:06:47 GMT National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists have moved a step closer to developing the means for a rapid diagnostic blood test that can scan for thousands of disease markers and other chemical indicators of health. ... e55cc7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/polymers/acid_060910.cfm Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:00:54 GMT 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 Technology (NIST) has demonstrated a simple and effective technique for quantifying how the ... 1e5cc7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/bubbles_060910.cfm Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:47:05 GMT People have been combining materials to bring forth the best properties of both ever since copper and tin were merged to start the Bronze Age. In the latest successful merger, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and ... 155cc7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/biochemical/macromolecular/green_cnt.cfm Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:25:45 GMT 7084c2fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923