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NIST Announces Winners of Its First-Ever App Challenge

November 18, 2015

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the winners of the Reference Data Challenge, the agency's first-ever...

Directed Molecular Assembly Using DNA Origami

Fri, Jan 22 2016

Bottom-up self-assembly, over the last couple of decades, has been very actively investigated as a viable approach to

A nurse and young patient share a smile while preparing for a procedure at one of the units serving under the Charleston Area Medical Center Health System

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Announces Four Recipients of 2015 Baldrige Award

November 17, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker today named four U.S. organizations as the 2015 recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality...

OSAC Research and Development Needs

Forensic science standards are created to help address a certain need within a specific discipline. As a standard is being drafted, other...

NIST Releases Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer Report for Fiscal Year 2013

November 13, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer, Fiscal Year 2013, Summary Report to the...

New Funding Awarded to Support Wisconsin Manufacturers

November 13, 2015

As part of a multiyear effort to make the most of its federal investment in U.S. manufacturing, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has...

Four Agencies Join with NIST to Co-Sponsor New Community Resilience Panel

November 13, 2015

Four federal agencies have joined with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to sponsor a new independent panel devoted to reducing barriers...

Systems Analysis Integration for Smart Manufacturing Operations

Smart manufacturing system operations are difficult to manage because information about the systems and their analysis is expressed in redundant and

NIST Takes (Some of) the Stress Out of Engineering New Materials

November 13, 2015

Stress: What does it feel like to you? Maybe like pressure from multiple directions, trying to push and pull and twist you all at once? If so, you've described...

A Science Comedian's Guide to Communicating Science

Fri, Dec 4 2015

If you drew a Venn Diagram featuring the two sets "science" and "comedy," you might not expect to find much at their

NIST Study of Colorado Wildfire Shows Actions Can Change Outcomes

November 9, 2015

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—A new study of Colorado's devastating 2012 Waldo Canyon wildfire demonstrates that prompt and effective action can significantly change the...

NIST Offers Guidance on Using Technology to Prevent Intrusions, Malware

November 5, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a guide to deploying automated application whitelisting to help thwart malicious...

Get Ready to Apply for the 2016 Baldrige Awards!

November 9, 2015

Calling high-performing U.S. organizations in every sector: the 2016 Baldrige Award application forms and guidance are now available online. Consider the...

NIST Invites Comments on Practice Guide for Improving Mobile Device Security

November 4, 2015

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) requests comments on a draft guide to help organizations better secure and manage their mobile devices...

Extending the resolution limits of atomic force microscopy

Mon, Nov 23 2015

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is used widely to study surfaces with a resolution on the nm scale – vastly inferior to

Neutron Interferometry and Optics Facilities

The Neutron Interferometry and Optics Facilities (NIOFs) are the World's premier facilities for neutron interferometry and related optical measurements. Neutron

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...

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