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Workshop on Quantification of Uncertainties in Material Science

Thu, Jan 14 - Fri, Jan 15 2016

The workshop "Uncertainty Quantification in Materials Science" will be held at the National Institute of Standards and

Transactive Energy Interim Meeting

Thu, Dec 3 - Fri, Dec 4 2015

On December 3-4, NIST in collaboration with federal partners and industry will host our Transactive Energy (TE) Modeling

STM image of a 28-Si film deposited onto a Si/100 substrate

Enriched Silicon and Devices for Quantum Information

Crystalline silicon is a desirable host material for solid state qubits due to potential for electrically controlled interactions between exquisitely isolated

OSAC Recruiting Applicants for New Crime Scene Subcommittee

October 29, 2015

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) is currently recruiting applicants for a new subcommittee, the Crime Scene Investigation Subcommittee. The

Hazards Shouldn't Lead to Disasters: NIST Releases New Community Resilience Planning Guide

October 29, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today issued the Community Resilience Planning Guide for

New Ballistics Control Chart for Forensic Imaging

October 28, 2015

You've probably seen it on TV: To determine whether a single weapon was used in multiple crimes, forensics labs run images of a spent bullet through a database

NIST to Support Cybersecurity Jobs "Heat Map" to Highlight Employer Needs and Worker Skills

October 27, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC – As part of the U.S. Department of Commerce's "Skills for Business" initiative, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is

NIST's OSAC is Seeking Standards Developing Organizations who support Forensic Science Standards

October 27, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s Organization for Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) would like to engage with

Non-interferometric experimental tests of macroscopic spatial quantum superposition

Wed, Dec 2 2015

Is quantum superposition an exact principle of nature? Recent progress in technological developments allow to explore

NIST Seeks Comments on Guide to Help Financial Services Sector Manage IT Assets

October 26, 2015

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) invites comments on a draft practice guide designed to help financial services companies monitor and

NIST Exhibits at the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) National Conference 2015

Fri, Nov 20 2015

Held annually since 1978, the AISES National Conference is a one-of-a-kind, three-day event convening high school

Publication for Health Care Executives Features Baldrige Award Recipients

October 26, 2015

The Fall 2015 issue of Frontiers of Health Services Management, a publication of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), features accounts and

Photo-Spin-Voltaic Effect

Wed, Oct 28 2015

The photo-voltaic effect refers to the creation of an electric voltage in a material upon exposure to light. This

NIST AMNPO Deputy Director Receives ASM 2015 Materials Science Award

October 22, 2015

On October 15, 2015, ASM International (ASM), the world's largest association of metals-focused materials professionals, honored its 2015 Class of Fellows at an

Chexia Face Recognition

The Face Recognition Algorithm Independent Evaluation (CHEXIA-FACE) is being conducted to assess the capability of face detection and recognition algorithms to

NIST Seeks Comments on New Project Aimed at Protecting Privacy Online

October 22, 2015

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), in partnership with the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace National Program Office

A New, World-Class Facility for Infrared Calibrations

October 21, 2015

NIST is about to open the world's most accurate facility for calibrating infrared (IR) detectors. It is made possible by the establishment of an extremely

Measuring Optical Power with Single-Photon Detectors

October 27, 2015

Precise measurements of optical power enable activities from fiber-optic communications to laser manufacturing and biomedical imaging — anything requiring a

Top-of-the-Atmosphere Sunlight — As Seen from Earth

October 22, 2015

It may seem hard to believe, but we still don't know nearly enough about sunlight. Although people have been splitting the sun's rays into a spectrum and

Fatigue Management in the Workplace

Fri, Nov 6 2015

Just as eating doesn't make you a nutritionist, neither does sleeping make you an expert in sleep and the workplace

Forensics @ NIST 2016

Tue, Nov 8 - Wed, Nov 9 2016

Presentations Posters Join us for Forensics @NIST, November 8-9, 2016, when you will have the opportunity to

NIST and Intel Get Critical (Dimensions) with X-rays

October 20, 2015

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Intel reported success using an X-ray scattering technique to accurately measure

Can photonics and microfluidic cooling save many-core parallel programming from its programming woes?

Fri, Nov 13 2015

The increasing energy costs for on-chip and off-chip "data movement" for CMOS technology have led computing systems

Optimization of Bimetallic Nanoparticle Structure for Water and Energy Applications

Fri, Oct 9 2015

Sustainability in water treatment and energy conversion processes requires materials that are designed to be high

External Cavity - Quantum Cascade Lasers Are Great For Infrared Nanoscopy (If You Know What You Are Doing)

Mon, Oct 5 2015

Photo-thermal infrared nanoscopy (AFMIR) is a non-destructive analytical technique that allows to acquire mid-infrared

SunShot Initiative: Getting to Ubiquitous Solar

Mon, Sep 28 2015

The US Department of Energy SunShot Initiative was initiated four years ago as an effort to decrease the cost of solar

Challenges measuring distances between metal centers in proteins using pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance

Tue, Sep 8 2015

Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy provides electronic and structural information on paramagnets, which

Exploring the Nanoscale Dynamics of Molecular Systems with Optical Microcavities

Thu, Nov 12 2015

Medicine as well as biology increasingly rely on the use of cutting‐edge physics and engineering, in order to pursue the

In Situ Scanning Probe and Electron Microscopy of Ionic Dynamics at the Nano- and Mesoscales

Mon, Aug 31 2015

In situ techniques are a very powerful tool for investigating the evolution of physico-chemical phenomena, as they

Active terahertz and microwave metamaterials utilizing organic pi-conjugated materials

Mon, Aug 10 2015

In recent years, metamaterials are actively studied since novel optical functionalities cannot be accessible by nature

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