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NEUWAVE-9

Mon, Jun 12 - Wed, Jun 14 2017

On June 12-14, 2017, NIST will host the 9th Workshop on NEUtron WAVElength Dependent Imaging. NEUWAVE-9 will feature

Making Sure that Lumber Measures Up

March 1, 2017

For some, it is a shocking revelation. But most Americans eventually come to accept the fact that a “two by four” board is actually 1.5 inches by 3.5 inches (38...

NIST Announces Funding for 2017 Standards Curricula Development

January 27, 2017

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will award approximately $250,000 to fund cooperative agreements for curricula development that will...

5456: Mass Metrology Seminar

Mon, Oct 23 - Fri, Nov 3 2017

The Mass Metrology Seminar is a two-week, "hands-on" seminar. It incorporates approximately 30 percent lectures and 70

Leveraging Advances in Computational Electrodynamics to Enable New Kinds of Nanophotonic Devices

Thu, Mar 16 2017, 10:00 - 11:00am EDT

Advances in computational electrodynamics have the potential to enable fundamentally new kinds of nanophotonic devices

Micro-LEGO Towards 3D Assembly and Nanomaterial Integration

Mon, Mar 27 2017, 10:30am EDT

Reversible dry adhesion-based transfer printing provides a highly straightforward pathway to heterogeneous material

NIST Exhibits at the 43rd Annual NSBE Convention

Thu, Mar 30 - Fri, Mar 31 2017

NIST will exhibit at the NSBE's 43rd Annual Convention Kansas City Convention Center Booth # 217 This is where it

NIST Designation Requirements

Requirements for NIST Designation of U.S. Conformity Assessment Bodies NIST, through the Telecom MRA program office ( mra [at] nist.gov (mra[at]nist[dot]gov))...

NIST Exhibits at the International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics

Tue, Mar 21 - Thu, Mar 23 2017

NIST will exhibit at the International Conference on Frontiers of Characterization and Metrology for Nanoelectronics

NIST Exhibits at the 2017 ARPA-E Innovation Summit

Mon, Feb 27 - Wed, Mar 1 2017

NIST will exhibit at the 2017 ARPA-E Innovation Summit National Harbor Convention Center Booth Number 810 The U.S

Mystery of the Dark Solitons

February 24, 2017

When your heart beats, blood courses through your arteries in waves of pressure. These pressure waves manifest as your pulse, a regular rhythm unperturbed by...

NIST researcher Jodie Pope with the big blue ball

Better Flowmeters with the Big Blue Ball

February 24, 2017

Last year, upwards of 25 trillion cubic feet of natural gas were delivered to customers in the United States, and when it changed hands, nearly every cubic foot...

New SRMs/RMs

New SRMs/RMs provides its customers with current information on new developments in Standard Reference Materials and related activities...

NIST Budget Enacted Appropriations Legislation FY 2006

The following is a list of budget-related legislation for your reference. FY 2006 Continuing Resolutions Public Law Number Appropriations...

NIST 2017 Language Recognition Evaluation

The 2017 NIST language recognition evaluation (LRE17) is the 8th cycle in an on-going language recognition evaluation series that began in...

NIST Budget Enacted Appropriations Legislation FY 2007

The following is a list of budget-related legislation for your reference. FY 2007 Continuing Resolutions Public Law Number Appropriations...

Introducing Xenos, NIST’s Largest Coordinate Measuring Machine

February 22, 2017

When you walk into the laboratory that houses NIST’s newest coordinate measuring machine (CMM), you might be puzzled at first about how engineers got it into...

NIST Smart Grid and CPS Newsletter - February 2017

Table of Contents GCTC SuperClusters Hold Webinars and Face-to-Face Workshops Upcoming NASPI Meeting to Focus on Synchrophasors...

Getting the Inside Story on Products with Computed Tomography

February 22, 2017

It is often the case that a valuable new industrial capability brings with it a whole new set of challenges for measurement science -- and thus, inevitably, for...

A fluorescent microscope image of NIH 3T3 fibroblast cells

NIST Patents First DNA Method to Authenticate Mouse Cell Lines

February 23, 2017

“A case of mistaken identity” may drive the plot of the latest spy film or crime novel, but it’s only a tale of trouble for geneticists, oncologists, drug...

Samples of Fiestaware. This popular style of ceramic tableware is just as likely to be seen exhibited in museums as it is to be used on the average family’s dinner table.

Dinner Is on Us: NIST and the Creation of Fiestaware

I can’t say for certain, but it’s likely Albert Bleininger is the only NIST scientist to have had his work featured on the popular PBS TV...

Emergent Equilibrium In Many-Body Cavity QED

Thu, Apr 6 2017, 10:30am - 12:00pm EDT

Michael Foss-Feig United States Army Research Laboratory, Maryland Cavity QED systems often contain many

NSCI Seminar: Quantum Applications and Microsoft’s unique approach to Quantum Computing

Tue, Mar 14 2017

Microsoft’s Station Q was founded in 2006. The focus of the team has always been topological quantum computing. By

Professor Louise Sherwood McDowell in Wellesley College physics lab ca.1909-1920

Women’s History Month: NIST’s First Female Ph.D. (Edison was a fan!)

March 1, 2017

When physicist Louise Sherwood McDowell arrived at NIST in 1918, the first female Ph.D. at the institute, some of her male colleagues—unaccustomed to being in...

5492: Livestock and Animal Scales

Tue, Jun 20 - Thu, Jun 22 2017

This 3 day seminar will teach students how to properly inspect and test livestock and animal scales, i.e., perform an

5469: MidAmerica Measurement Assurance Program (MidMAP)

Mon, Oct 16 - Thu, Oct 19 2017

This is an annual training session for metrologists from MidAmerica Measurement Assurance Program (MidMAP). NIST

NIST Budget Enacted Appropriations Legislation FY 2008

The following is a list of budget-related legislation for your reference. FY 2008 Continuing Resolution Public Law Number Appropriations...

Federal Computer Security Managers’ Forum

Tue, Jun 20 - Wed, Jun 21 2017

Purpose: The Federal Computer Security Program Managers’ Forum (Forum) is sponsored by the National Institute of

NIST Budget Enacted Appropriations Legislation FY 2009

The following is a list of budget-related legislation for your reference. FY 2009 Continuing Resolutions Public Law Number Appropriations...

Light on the Rebound: ROSI Sees It from Every Angle

February 13, 2017

We see the world in reflection: Nearly all the light that enters our eyes has bounced off something first, bringing with it information about the nature of the...

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