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Renovating Spaces and Preserving Places with Lasers

February 10, 2016

When you want to preserve a place or enhance a space, sometimes the best approach is to take a laser to it. Not a cosmetic surgeon's scalpel, or a sci-fi

The Baldrige Examiner Training Experience - A Unique Professional Development Opportunity

February 10, 2016

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is offering a limited number of seats in its 2016 examiner preparation course for a fee through its Baldrige

President's FY 2017 Budget Request for NIST Supports High-Performance Computing, Biomanufacturing

February 10, 2016

The U.S. Department of Commerce today released details of the President's budget request for fiscal year 2017 for the National Institute of Standards and

Light Interaction with Nanoresonators

Thu, Feb 11 2016

Simply because they enhance the electromagnetic field, micro/nano resonators play an important role in modern photonics

Flammability Metrics for New Low-GWP Refrigerants

In response to worldwide initiatives to phase down working fluids that have a high global warming potential if accidentally released, the refrigeration and air

29th Annual FISSEA Conference

Tue, Mar 15 - Wed, Mar 16 2016

Awareness, Training, Education, and Certification issues New techniques for developing and conducting effective

Registration for OSAC Las Vegas

February 9, 2016

NIST's Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) will hold its public meetings in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 22 and 23, 2016. The

Strengthening Public-Private Cooperation on Cybersecurity's Toughest Issues

February 8, 2016

Guest blog post by Willie E. May, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director. Strong cybersecurity starts at the top. When the

Webcast to Highlight Dedication of Expanded Cybersecurity Facility, Feb. 8

February 5, 2016

On Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) will celebrate its move to expanded new facilities with a ribbon-cutting

Image of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor

Assessing the Biosimilarity of Protein Drugs: New Study Shows Method's Precision at Atomic Resolution

February 5, 2016

A first-ever interlaboratory study of four versions of a therapeutic protein drug—all manufactured from living cells—reports that an established analytical tool

NIST Announces New Round of Small Business Innovation Research Program Grants

February 3, 2016

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is announcing that its FY 2016 Federal Funding

The Effect of Crystallographic Growth Direction on Optoelectronic and Chemical Properties of GaN Nanowires

Thu, Mar 3 2016

Morphology of catalytically grown 1-D nanostructures is often defined by the crystallographic direction describing their

5386: Mass Metrology Seminar

Mon, Oct 24 - Fri, Nov 4 2016

The Mass Metrology Seminar is a 2 week, "hands-on" seminar. It incorporates approximately 30 percent lectures and 70

NIST Advisory Committee Welcomes New Members Allen Adler, Waguih Ishak

February 2, 2016

Boeing's Allen Adler and Corning's Waguih Ishak have joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Visiting Committee on Advanced

Tattoo Recognition Technology - Best Practices

Tatt-BP provides best practice recommendations and guidelines for the proper collection of tattoo images to support image-based tattoo...

Experiences of a Theoretical Chemist: Southside Chicago to Berkeley, California, with stops in-between

Fri, Feb 19 2016

In this special Black History Month Colloquium, Dr. Lester will chronicle key aspects of his career both scientifically

AAAS-Lemelson Invention Ambassadors Showcase

Fri, Feb 12 2016

In a special 90-minute colloquium, we will hear from three scientists in the prestigious AAAS-Lemelson Invention

SI Superheroes Return with Another Weighty Adventure

February 2, 2016

The nefarious Major Uncertainty has kidnapped Monsieur Kilogram, putting the world's measurements of mass in jeopardy. As the world spirals into " Mass Hysteria

Shiny and (Electro)chrome: New Twist on Old Tech Could Bring Living Color at Low Power

February 2, 2016

By marrying state-of-the-art nanometer-scale gratings with a Space Age-era thin-film polymer, researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and

Thinking Outside the Cuvette: To Measure Dimensions of Skinny Glass Container, PML Scientists Get Creative

February 1, 2016

Let's say you're a biotechnologist working to develop new medicines or a better test for forensic analysis. You might find yourself frequently using absorbance

New 'Quick Test' Station May Speed Commercialization of Photonic Thermometers

January 29, 2016

Physicists in NIST's Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) have been working on a new class of chip-based photonic thermometers that measure temperature with

Person seated with IV from arm to machine.

NCCoE Seeks Vendors to Help Secure Wireless Medical Devices

January 28, 2016

Medical devices such as the infusion pumps that deliver medication intravenously were once standalone instruments that interacted only with the patient. Today

NIST Requests Comments on Computer Security Publication on Randomness

January 27, 2016

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking public comment on its latest draft of a publication intended to help computer security

Molecular Junctions for Thermoelectricity: A Review

Tue, Feb 2 2016

A few years ago, molecular junctions were suggested to function as active thermoelectric elements, with the idea of

TGDC Meeting - February 8 & 9, 2016

Mon, Feb 8 - Tue, Feb 9 2016

The Technical Guidelines Development Committee, an advisory committee to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC)

MEP Opens Competition to Fund Manufacturing Centers in 12 States and Puerto Rico

January 26, 2016

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today opened a competition to award new cooperative funding agreements for its Hollings Manufacturing

The Path to Performance Excellence Begins at April's Quest Conference

January 26, 2016

Knowledge and insights from current and past winners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest honor for performance excellence and

NIST NNMI Proposers' Day

Tue, Mar 8 2016

The purpose of the Proposers' Day is to familiarize potential applicants with the NIST Federal Funding Opportunity to

Solid state lighting program produces solid benefits

January 9, 2013

A recently published, descriptive case study highlights the benefits of NIST's leadership in developing standards for solid state lighting.* "NIST is making

Chojnacky recognized for her work on vaccine storage

May 20, 2013

Michal Chojnacky will be honored on June 10, 2013 with the 2012 Arthur S. Flemming Award, presented by the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public

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