http://www.nist.gov The National Institute of Standards and Technology http://www.nist.gov/mml/nist-hydrogen-fuel-materials-test-facility-starts-delivering-data.cfm Tue, 15 May 2012 19:13:12 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have published their first archival paper based on data from the instituteamp's new hydrogen test facility.* The paper examines the embrittling effect of ... 1ccdaedd-c19e-e111-b429-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/genome-051512.cfm Mon, 14 May 2012 20:43:00 GMT Today, at a White House event, leaders from industry, academia, national labs, and government announced more than a dozen new commitments to advance the Administrationamp's Materials Genome Initiativeamp-an ambitious challenge to double ... 273f00ac-9b9e-e111-b429-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/ncnr/spin-050712.cfm Mon, 07 May 2012 18:25:34 GMT Gaithersburg, Md.amp-An international team of researchers including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found what may be the first known example of a 'spin-orbital liquid,' a substance in a ... d97c6efa-7198-e111-b429-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/polymers/films-050212.cfm Wed, 02 May 2012 16:33:21 GMT A new study by a team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) indicates that thin polymer films can have different properties depending on the method by which they are made. The results* ... a6c8f079-7494-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/mml/ceramics/organic-041712.cfm Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:07:14 GMT Materials scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working with an international research team, have helped prove the stability of a novelamp-and ruggedamp-thin-film membrane that could prove key to a ... 093420e1-c888-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/filter-032812.cfm Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:44:12 GMT Measurements taken by a team including National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists show that a newly devised material has the ability to separate closely related components of natural gas from one another, a task ... 761a1076-e478-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/semiconductors-032012.cfm Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:48:06 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting proposals to support long-term research in next-generation semiconductor technology, which is critical to the future of the U.S. electronics industry.To launch the ... 2e55bd96-c572-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div682/solar-030612.cfm Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:33:22 GMT Organic solar cells may be a step closer to market because of measurements taken at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), where a team of scientists has developed a better ... 4cb329fa-d367-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/pml/div683/switches-022112.cfm Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:38:25 GMT Sometimes knowing that a new technology works is not enough. You also must know why it works to get marketplace acceptance. New information from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)* about how layered switching ... c33e5bfa-cb5c-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/ncnr/iron-020712.cfm Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:58:31 GMT A team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland has found an iron-based superconductor that operates at the highest known temperature for a material in its class.* The discovery inches ... 0cdfadd1-d651-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/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/materials_reliability/graphene-011012.cfm Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:05:06 GMT Similar to the way pavement, softened by a hot sun, will slow down a car, grapheneamp-a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon with wondrous propertiesamp-slows down an object sliding across its surface. But stack the sheets and graphene gets ... 7330dd16-d73b-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/metallurgy/bridge-011012.cfm Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:03:41 GMT 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 Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been helping the Federal Highway ... 3ce97884-ce3b-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/mml/biochemical/biolabels-112211.cfm Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:05:00 GMT With the recent opening of its new Biomolecular Labeling Laboratory, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has become one of a small handful of facilities in the world that specializes in tagging large molecules with ... 4fa303f3-5515-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/metallurgy/magnetism-112211.cfm Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:53:35 GMT 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 metallurgy technique to produce an alloy that could be the basis for a new class of sensors ... 04df0b5c-5415-e111-bd7f-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/metallurgy/tweezer-110811.cfm Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:46:04 GMT Not to pick up electrons, but tweezers made of electrons. A recent paper* by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Virginia (UVA) demonstrates that the beams produced by modern ... 254fb405-530a-e111-9fed-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/ncnr/spintronic-101911.cfm Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:17:38 GMT An advanced material that could help bring about next-generation 'spintronic' computers has revealed one of its fundamental secrets to a team of scientists from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) and the National Institute of Standards ... 660e54f3-86fa-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/el/building_materials/hazard-091311.cfm Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:45:42 GMT As large parts of the nation recover from natures one-two punchamp-an earthquake followed by Hurricane Ireneamp-building researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) warn that a double whammy of seismic and ... 8476f6e3-40de-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/metallurgy/hydrogen-083011.cfm Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:15:14 GMT With a nod to biology, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have a new approach to the problem of safely storing hydrogen in future fuel-cell-powered cars. Their idea: molecular scale 'veins' of iron ... 22bb15b9-43d3-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/materials_reliability/cnt-081611.cfm Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:36:27 GMT Carbon nanotubes offer big promise in a small package. For instance, these tiny cylinders of carbon molecules theoretically can carry 1,000 times more electric current than a metal conductor of the same size. Its easy to imagine carbon ... 9ec7d154-47c8-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/materials_reliability/201108_ethanol_pipelines.cfm Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:24:31 GMT 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 methods under potential strain, existing gas pipelines might be an efficient alternative for ... a959da0b-56bd-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/polymers/membrane-071911.cfm Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:07:28 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated* a measurement technique that reliably determines three fundamental mechanical properties of near-nanoscale films. The technique, which highlights ... 58f70ba1-42b2-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/ceramics/graphene-070611.cfm Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:10:38 GMT Using a combination of sophisticated computer modeling and advanced materials analysis techniques at synchrotron laboratories, a research team led by the University at Buffalo (UB) and including the National Institute of Standards and ... 7a3eaf52-14a8-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/director/cahn-070611.cfm Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:53:55 GMT John Cahn, an emeritus senior fellow and materials scientist at the U.S. Commerce Departmentamp's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been named to receive the prestigious Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology. Cahns ... cbf010fe-11a8-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/kyoto-prize-062411.cfm Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:30:10 GMT John Cahn, an emeritus senior fellow and materials scientist at the U.S. Commerce Departmentamp's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was named today to receive the prestigious Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology. ... 6831e7f5-7c9e-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/metallurgy/sensor-062111.cfm Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:53:59 GMT A team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), George Mason University and the University of Maryland has made nano-sized sensors that detect volatile organic compoundsamp-harmful pollutants ... f786f788-489c-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/pml/div683/nanowire-052411.cfm Wed, 18 May 2011 21:08:00 GMT In this schematic image (top) and transmission electron micrograph, a d9a23c8c-6781-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/polymers/glass-042611.cfm Tue, 26 Apr 2011 20:37:48 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Wesleyan University have used computer simulations to gain basic insights into a fundamental problem in material science related to glass-forming materials, ... 88b17af2-4470-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/materials_reliability/afm-033011.cfm Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:01:33 GMT Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a way to measure the wear and degradation of the microscopic probes used to study nanoscale structures in situ and as itamp's happening. Their ... 404b0c6b-085b-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 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/itl/math/oof-030111.cfm Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:40:30 GMT Before you can build that improved turbojet engine, before you can create that longer-lasting battery, you have to ensure all the newfangled materials in it will behave the way you wantamp-even under conditions as harsh as the upper ... 3e2309dd-5444-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/cnst/graphene_011911.cfm Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:23:00 GMT Electronics researchers love graphene. A two-dimensional sheet of carbon one atom thick, graphene is like a superhighway for electrons, which rocket through the material with 100 times the mobility they have in silicon. But creating ... 10f8d4a7-4023-e011-b295-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/itl/math/concrete_120810.cfm Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:08:46 GMT This simulation depicts flow in a rheometer, as its rotating vanes blade begins to stir a suspension of particles. Colors represent the quadrant where the particles are initially positioned. Such simulations can be used to link ... 605edafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/el/building_materials/modeling-workshop.cfm Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:20:50 GMT 4c60dafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/materials_reliability/qcm_112310.cfm Wed, 24 Nov 2010 22:45:00 GMT A new chemical analysis technique developed by a research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses the shifting ultrasonic pitch of a small quartz crystal to test the purity of only a few micrograms of ... 115ddafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/ncnr/sonar_110910.cfm Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:13:38 GMT Using a neutron beam as a probe, researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have begun to reveal the crystal structure of a compound essential to technologies ranging from sonar to computer memory. ... 5a5ddafc-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/mml/surface/nanoled_092810.cfm Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:23:34 GMT While refining their novel method for making nanoscale wires, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) discovered an unexpected bonusamp-a new way to create nanowires that produce light similar to that from ... c755dafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/cnst/graphene_091410.cfm Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:06:42 GMT Using a one-of-a-kind instrument designed and built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an international team of researchers have unveiled a quartet of grapheneamp's electron states and discovered that electrons ... cc67c7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/graphene_quartet.cfm Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:14:31 GMT GAITHERSBURG, Md. amp- Using a one-of-a-kind instrument designed and built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an international team of researchers have 'unveiled' a quartet of graphenes electron states and ... d267c7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/mml/polymers/rheometer_083110.cfm Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:58:11 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a microminiaturized device that can make complex viscosity measurementsamp-critical data for a wide variety of fields dealing with things that ... 7955dafc-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/el/building_materials/afm_062310.cfm Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:35:59 GMT Over the past couple of decades, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a powerful tool for imaging surfaces at astonishing resolutionsamp-fractions of a nanometer in some cases. But suppose youaposre more concerned with what lies ... dd5cc7fc-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