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NIST Seeks Comments on Draft Handbook for Checking Net Contents of Packaged Goods

May 27, 1999

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is revising the handbook used to check the accuracy of net content labeling on packaged goods sold in the...

Fifty-Two Businesses, Education, Health Care Organizations Try for Nation's Top Award for Excellence

June 16, 1999

Fifty-two U.S. organizations, including four large manufacturers, 11 service companies, 12 small businesses, and, for the first time, 16 education and nine...

Gerald T. Frazer Receives Arthur S. Flemming Award

June 10, 1999

Gerald T. Fraser, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and resident of Montgomery Village, Md., today received the Arthur S...

Minnesota Technology Inc. to Receive $358,000 to Help Small Companies Deal with the Y2K Bug

June 7, 1999

Commerce Secretary William Daley announced today that Minnesota Technology Inc. will receive a total of $358,000 in federal funding to help small manufacturers...

NIST to Develop Housing Technology Tools

June 17, 1999

The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology is partnering in a private/public effort as part of a Clinton Administration initiative...

Yuda "Y2K" Está Disponible en Español para los Pequeños Negocios

June 24, 1999

English Version El Secretario de Comercio William M. Daley anunció hoy que ayuda gratis y un software de facíl manejo están disponibles en español para ayudar...

Y2K Help Available for Spanish-Speaking Small Businesses

June 24, 1999

Spanish Version Free advice and user-friendly software are now available to help Spanish-speaking small businesses better deal with the year 2000 computer...

U.S. Department of Commerce Backs Technology-Based Economic Development Project to Boost Growth of Small and Medium Sized Manufacturers

July 1, 1999

Washington, DC—The U.S. Commerce Department today announced the award of a $350,000 grant to the Michigan Industrial Technology Institute (MITI), Ann Arbor...

New NIST Database Will Help Assess Air Quality

July 19, 1999

A new database now available from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology will help measure airborne pollutants from...

Snell Named to Head NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory

August 2, 1999

Ray Kammer, director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, has named Jack E. Snell as director of the agency's Building...

NIST Announces Encryption Standard Finalists

August 9, 1999

You can think of it as the Olympics of information scrambling. One of the most important competitions in the history of cryptography—and for the future support...

President Clinton Praises Nation's Small Manufacturers

August 27, 1999

President Clinton yesterday declared the week of Sept. 19-25, 1999, as Small Manufacturing Week to recognize the contributions of America’s small manufacturing...

Deputy Secretary of Commerce Lauds Electronic Book Industry

September 21, 1999

Gaithersburg, Md.—Deputy Secretary of Commerce Robert L. Mallett today congratulated a diverse group of companies for working together to establish voluntary...

One Electron, Two Electrons...

September 9, 1999

Researchers at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology will announce in tomorrow’s issue of Science magazine that they have...

Physicists Catch Best Waves Ever from New, Improved SURF III at NIST

September 16, 1999

Upgrades to the Synchrotron Ultraviolet Radiation Facility at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology are yielding greatly...

New Y2K Business Continuity Program Helps Small Businesses with Last-Minute Planning, Response to System Failures

September 17, 1999

Commerce Secretary William M. Daley today announced a new business continuity effort to help small businesses prepare for—and respond to—the year 2000 computer...

Photonic Dosimetry

As part of the NIST on a Chip program, the Photonic Dosimetry project is developing in-situ sub-micrometer ionizing-radiation dosimetry and calorimetry leading

President Clinton Today Presents 1999 Baldrige Quality Award to Two Manufacturers, Two Service Companies

February 25, 2000

In a ceremony in Washington, D.C., President Clinton and Commerce Secretary William M. Daley today presented the 1999 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award to...

NIST-Built Urban Ruin Put Search-and-Rescue Robots to the Test

July 27, 2000

For the sake of science, robotics researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology...

Material Matters - Summer 2017

How NIST Reference Materials Affect You

New NIST-Invented Device to Help Radiologists Improve Image Quality in Mammography

November 22, 1993

A new device invented at the National Institute of Standards and Technology will help radiologists improve image quality in mammography, one of medicine's most...

NIST Computer Program Helps Predict, Solve Moisture Problems in Walls, Ceilings

November 19, 1993

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, along with colleagues at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, have...

New "One Stop" Industry Guide to NIST Programs and Services Available

November 16, 1993

A new publication describing more than 250 different research projects, grants and industry outreach programs, services and research facilities at the Commerce...

Physicists Use Laser Light to Focus Atoms on Surfaces

November 4, 1993

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have successfully demonstrated a rapid new process for fabricating infinitesimally small...

Nanosized Solutions to Tackle Big Questions in Biophysics

Mon, Aug 28 2017, 10:30 - 11:30am EDT

Multidisciplinary solutions are providing answers to many of the difficult questions in science. This is particularly

Three people looking at drawing of Fire Escape Plan

NIST Study Suggests Frailty Makes Elderly More Likely to Die in Home Fires

August 22, 2017

A new study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows scientifically for the first time that an individual’s ability to respond quickly...

Government/Industry to Collaborate to Develop Mercury-Free Dental Material

October 28, 1993

A mercury-free, direct filling alternative for conventional dental amalgams is being developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The new...

NIST Manufacturing Centers Will Host Resident SBA Experts in Expanded Coop Program

October 18, 1993

Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown and U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Erskine Bowles announced today an agreement to establish Small Business...

Weights and Measures Group to Work on Verifying Accuracy of Retail Prices

September 30, 1993

In response to nationwide public concern about price accuracy in retail stores, the National Conference on Weights and Measures has established a Working Group...

Commerce, EPA Announce Joint Project to Help Firms Adopt Pollution Prevention Technology

September 28, 1993

Commerce Department Secretary Ronald H. Brown and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Browner have announced a cooperative pilot project to help...

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