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Dr. Wayne Gray gray [at] gmu.eduDepartment (gray[at]gmu[dot]eduDepartment) of PsychologyGeorge Mason Universitym/s 3f54400 University DriveFairfax, VA 22030-4444Phone: (703) 993...
In 1920 NIST built, then promptly destroyed, a series of reinforced concrete vaults for the Federal Reserve Board. The goal was to determine the thickness of...
From GPS to genetics, sensors to cell phones, many of today’s technological advances have been enabled or developed through federal research programs. Of the...
Designed by NIST in 1958, the NIST PILOT computer contained three independently programmed systems that could communicate and work together concurrently on a...
The World’s Fair exhibitions are some of the most famous events in modern history, from the Exposition Universelle of 1889, whose front gate was the temporary...
Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) conducted household appliance efficiency testing to assist the...
Liposomes are nanometer-sized spherical vesicles made of phospholipids similar to those found in cell membranes of living organisms. Traditional techniques to