http://www.nist.gov The National Institute of Standards and Technology http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/tweezers-050212.cfm Wed, 02 May 2012 16:05:00 GMT Using a refined technique for trapping and manipulating nanoparticles, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have extended the trapped particles useful life more than tenfold.* This new approach, which ... 06493084-7094-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/cnst/spin-040312.cfm Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:29:25 GMT Memory devices based on magnetism are one of the core technologies of the computing industry, and engineers are working to develop new forms of magnetic memory that are faster, smaller, and more energy efficient than todayamp's flash and ... cea8c0e6-ba7d-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/cnst/battery-032012.cfm Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:28:15 GMT It turns out you can be too thinamp-especially if youamp're a nanoscale battery. Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of Maryland, College Park, and Sandia National Laboratories built ... 034f3f32-cb72-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/dna-032012.cfm Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:01:28 GMT Remember Slinkyreg, the coiled metal spring that amp"walksamp" down stairs with just a push, momentum and gravity? Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed their own version of this ... 1a809374-c772-e111-b9c7-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/cnst/origami-030612.cfm Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:24:40 GMT In recent years, scientists have begun to harness DNAamp's powerful molecular machinery to build artificial structures at the nanoscale using the natural ability of pairs of DNA molecules to assemble into complex structures. Such amp"DNA ... e2b604bb-d267-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/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/pml/div684/loudspeaker-012412.cfm Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:21:55 GMT A team of physicists from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), the Neils Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Harvard University has developed a theory describing how to both detect weak electrical signals and cool electrical ... d3e1f058-d146-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/pml/div686/radiometer-122011.cfm Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:56:09 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a prototype device capable of absolute measurements of optical power delivered through an optical fiber.Colorized micrograph of multi-walled ... 8315d3ff-4c2b-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/cnst/piezo-112211.cfm Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:21:26 GMT A team of university researchers, aided by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have succeeded in integrating a new, highly efficient piezoelectric material into a silicon microelectromechanical system ... 62b3963b-5815-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/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/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/el/fire_research/201108_nano_fire_retardants.cfm Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:07:29 GMT Gram for gram, novel carbon nanofiber-filled coatings devised by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Texas AampampM University outperformed conventional flame retardants used in the polyurethane ... c4db0878-53bd-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/laser-071911.cfm Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:14:51 GMT Terahertz radiation can penetrate numerous materialsamp-plastic, clothing, paper and some biological tissuesamp-making it an attractive candidate for applications such as concealed weapons detection, package inspection and imaging skin ... 18be87b5-43b2-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/pml/div686/detector-063011.cfm Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:10:48 GMT By swapping one superconducting material for another, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have found a practical way to boost the efficiency of the worlds fastest single-photon detector, while also ... 5783538f-54a3-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/pml/electromagnetics/eggs-042611.cfm Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:20:50 GMT Magnetics researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) colored lots of eggs recently. Bunnies and children might find the eggs a bit smallamp-in fact, too small to see without a microscope. But these ... 073a205e-5370-e011-bd40-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/cnst/graphene-042611.cfm Tue, 26 Apr 2011 21:02:43 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shown that the electronic properties of two layers of graphene vary on the nanometer scale. The surprising new results reveal that not only does the difference ... 0a5ba1c7-4770-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/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/pml/div686/20110315_drum.cfm Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:21:48 GMT Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an electromechanical circuit in which microwaves communicate with a vibrating mechanical component 1,000 times more vigorously than ever achieved ... 6dc18e85-524f-e011-b470-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/20110315_metrology.cfm Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:20:09 GMT Registration is now open for the eighth international Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics conference, cosponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which will take place May 23-26, ... a748b44c-414f-e011-b470-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/drum-030911.cfm Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:35:23 GMT Device May Help Process Information and Measure Motion at Quantum ScaleBOULDER, Colo.amp-Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an electromechanical circuit in which microwaves ... c1176b58-5a4a-e011-b470-0019b9c8c923 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/cnst/vortices_011311.cfm Thu, 13 Jan 2011 22:02:19 GMT aposElectron Vorticesapos Have the Potential to Increase Conventional Microscopesapos CapabilitiesElectron microscopes are among the most widely used scientific and medical tools for studying and understanding a wide range of materials, ... dafb78bb-601f-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/cnst/supercool_120810.cfm Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:59:18 GMT The discoveries of superconductivity, the quantum Hall effect and the fractional quantum Hall effect were all the result of measurements made at increasingly lower temperatures. Now, pushing the regime of the very cold into the very ... 715edafc-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/cnst/20101026_lezec.cfm Tue, 26 Oct 2010 19:20:26 GMT NIST physical scientist Henri Lezec (above), along with Federico Capasso of Harvard, won the 2010 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics. Henri Lezec is a project leader in NISTs Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology.Credit: ... a95adafc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/cnst/photons_101310.cfm Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:55:25 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated* for the first time the conversion of near-infrared 1,300 nm wavelength single photons emitted from a true quantum source, a semiconductor quantum ... 7c5adafc-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/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/pml/div686/nanowires_072110.cfm Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:26:04 GMT Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have cultivated many thousands of nanocrystals in what looks like a pinscreen or 'pin art' on silicon, a step toward reliable mass production of semiconductor ... 0d62c7fc-3f18-e011-b26d-0019b9c8c923 http://www.nist.gov/pml/div683/nanoscale_072110.cfm Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:30:04 GMT A radical, new method developed at NIST that transforms the humble, ubiquitous and inexpensive optical microscope into a powerful three-dimensional nanoscale and microscale measurement device has won one of this years prestigious ... e961c7fc-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/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 http://www.nist.gov/cnst/walls_060910.cfm Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:34:23 GMT After running a series of complex computer simulations, researchers have found that flaws in the structure of magnetic nanoscale wires play an important role in determining the operating speed of novel devices using such nanowires to ... 115cc7fc-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