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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...

PML's Ohno receives first "SSL Visionary Award"

April 29, 2014

Yoshi Ohno, a group leader in PML's Sensor Science Division, was recently honored by the Department of Energy as the first recipient of the SSL Visionary Award...

Influence the Future of Cybersecurity Education—Join the NICE Working Group

January 21, 2016

Addressing the nation's rapidly increasing need for cybersecurity employees, the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) is seeking members from...

Electronic Structure of a CuII-Alkoxide Complex: Modeling Intermediates in Copper-Catalyzed Alcohol Oxidations

Thu, Feb 4 2016

The copper-catalyzed oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes is an important reaction in enzymes and in synthetic chemistry

Conducting an Effective Management Review

Thu, Feb 18 2016

This 2 hour webinar introduces the Laboratory Management Review process, an important tool to foster communication

NIST Launches International Competition to Make Robots More Agile

January 20, 2016

Manufacturers, robot suppliers and researchers, here's your chance to get in on the ground floor of an upcoming international competition intended to help make...

Random Bit Generation Workshop 2016

Mon, May 2 - Tue, May 3 2016

Cryptography and security applications make extensive use of random numbers and random bits, particularly for the

Measurement Science Tools for Accelerated Weathering of Polymers Project

There is pressure on U.S. industry to develop innovative solutions to meet increasing customer and regulatory demands for sustainable manfactured materials

Technical Colloquium: Quantifying the Weight of Forensic Evidence

June 26, 2017 Final Final program here . June 19, 2017 Update Final program is posted here. Register here . Registration will close soon...

Measurement Science to Assure the Performance of Innovative Concretes

The concrete industry has developed strategies for making innovative concrete, which is defined as a sustainable concrete that uses less resources for

Chemical, Structural, and Kinetic Measurement Technologies for Cementitious Materials

The unceasing quest for more durable, more environmentally friendly, and less expensive construction materials is compelling the concrete industry to adopt

Repair Materials Project

In spite of advances in materials and construction technologies, our nation's civil infrastructure remains in a state of serious decay. The 2013 American

NIST Workshop on Cementitious Materials Characterization

Wed, Aug 10 - Fri, Aug 12 2016

Measurement of the chemical composition, phase abundance, and microstructure of cementitious materials is an

NIST Launches New Blog

January 14, 2016

Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director Willie E. May launches the NIST blog with an inaugural post Welcome to the brand new...

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