The “inconstant moon,” as Shakespeare called it in Romeo and Juliet, is more reliable than his pair of star-crossed lovers might have thought. Now researchers

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Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed the first miniature laser in which the light is guided along the floor of

Editor’s Note: The headline on this article was updated to clarify that NIST as an institution is not making a policy recommendation on this subject. The peer

Understanding the ageing mechanisms that degrade high-performance materials is crucial to predicting the potential effect of environmental...

Abstract: We will describe our work on optical integration in a SiN/SiO2 platform, in particular how to realize a

This Nanocalorimeter Measurement System is used for nanocalorimetry measurements at fast heating rates (100 °C/s to 100,000 °C/s) and measurements of samples

The Nanocalorimeter Calibration System is used to calibrate each individual nanocalorimeter sensor chip used in the nanocalorimetry measurements project. The

The STG is developing improved test methods for assessing the ability of materials to protect against sporting and similar moderate rate impacts.

The goal of the 2018 MBE Summit was to identify challenges, research, implementation issues, and lessons learned in

Description High-throughput (combinatorial) metrologies have evolved as a useful approach to rapidly determine the composition-structure-property relationships

Description The Seebeck coefficient is a widely measured transport property that provides fundamental information on charge carrier transport and the electronic

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and

Data collected on the UR robot to measure the degradation of robot arm position accuracy for robot system health assessment A grid moment...

In the wake of a well-publicized 2003 field failure of a poly (p-phenylene-2,6-benzobisoxazole), or PBO, body armor, questions have been...

Metal detection is the most commonly-used technology for finding metallic threats concealed on people. Hand-held metal detectors (HHMDs) and...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will undertake a study to assess the reliability of forensic methods for analyzing DNA evidence that

If you’re wondering when a hydrogen-powered car will become a viable option for you, take heart. A team including scientists at the National Institute of

The Security Technologies Group (STG) develops the metrology for through-barrier sensing and imaging technologies. These nonmetal barriers may be ordered/structured, such as building walls, barricades, bridges, etc., or disordered, such as hedges and rubble. Because the purpose is to sense or image through these barriers, the frequencies (or equivalently, the wavelengths) of the electromagnetic energy used in these imaging systems is relatively low, typically between 100 MHz and 5 GHz (or between 3 m and 0.06 m). The lower frequencies typically have greater penetration through nonmetal barriers than the higher frequencies, but their spatial resolution is lower, which would affect image resolution.

We invite you to join us in observing the First Annual National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week November 13-18, 2017 The National Cybersecurity Career

Electronic messages traveling across the internet are under constant threat from data thieves, but new security standards created with the technical

Before you line up at the cash register in a building-materials store, you might want to ask yourself: Is that 8-foot, 2x4 board you’re...