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PML Helps Lead Standardization for Firearm and Toolmark Examinations

March 24, 2015

Xiaoyu Alan Zheng and Ted Vorburger of PML's Semiconductor and Dimensional Metrology Division were appointed to the Organization of Scientific Area Committees'...

Publication of NISTIR 8039 "Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Deployment: Network Parameter Sensitivity Analysis"

March 15, 2015

Authors: Richard A. Rouil; Antonio Izquierdo Manzanares; Camillo A. Gentile; David W. Griffith; Nada T. Golmie Abstract: The legislation included in the middle...

Characterizing Magnetic Nanoparticles Using Indicator Films, Fluidic Devices, and Optical Microscopy

Thu, Feb 12 - Thu, Mar 12 2015

Magnetic nanoparticles are becoming increasingly useful for applications ranging from disease diagnosis and therapy to

Emerging concepts in time-resolved quantum electronics

Fri, Feb 13 2015

With the recent technical progress, single electron sources have moved from theory to the lab. Conceptually new types of

Ultra-thin Highly Absorbing Medium-based Optical Nanocavity for Photonic and Optoelectronic Devices

Thu, Mar 12 2015

Optical cavities, which consist of an optically transparent medium with wavelength-scale thickness, have been widely

Methods to Quantify Ligand Number and Structure in Single Biomolecules

Tue, Mar 24 2015

The binding of solution-borne ligands is a ubiquitous biological mechanism regulating the folding of proteins and

Parametrically Excited Electrostatically Coupled Micro Oscillators

Mon, Mar 30 2015

Resonant micro- and nanoelectromechanical (MEMS/NEMS) devices find application in biological and chemical sensors

NIST International Symposium Seeks Improved Quality in Forensics

March 20, 2015

For decades, research programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made significant contributions to forensic science...

NIST Presentations at AAFS 2015 Point to the Future of Forensic Science

March 20, 2015

The future of forensic science was on display at last month's American Academy of Forensic Sciences annual meeting in Orlando, Fla. Several NIST researchers...

Lack of Effective Timing Signals Could Hamper 'Internet of Things' Development

March 19, 2015

Our fast-approaching future of driverless cars and "smart" electrical grids will depend on billions of linked devices making decisions and communicating with...

Community Resilience Group

The Community Resilience Group conducts research and works with a wide range of stakeholders to provide tools to communities to help improve community resilience for all hazards, with a focus on the built environment(buildings and infrastructure systems) and the role they play in meeting the social

Making U.S. Manufacturing Stronger

March 19, 2015

In a guest post on The Commerce Blog, NIST's Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services Phillip Singerman discusses a new Federal Funding...

NIST Releases Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer Report for Fiscal Year 2012

March 17, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer, Fiscal Year 2012, Summary Report to the...

NIST Names Two to Earthquake Advisory Board

March 16, 2015

A public health expert and a sociologist have been appointed by Willie May, acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and acting director...

WSQ Bibliography

The Wavelet Scalar Quantization (WSQ) fingerprint compression algorithm was developed by the FBI in close coordination with NIST over...

NIST Hosts CIPM Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance: Metrology in Chemistry and Biology (CCQM) Working Group Meetings on Organic Analysis and Bioanalysis

Mon, Oct 19 - Tue, Oct 20 2015

NIST Hosts CIPM Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance: Metrology in Chemistry and Biology (CCQM) Working Group

A NIST project manager and guest researcher discuss innovative optical methods for characterizing biological materials.

Lab to Market: When One Plus One Equals Three

March 13, 2015

Guest blog post by Paul R. Zielinski, MS, MBA, Director, Technology Partnerships Office, National Institute of Standards and Technology & Chair, Federal...

Tattoo Recognition Technology- Challenge (Tatt-C) Workshop

Mon, Jun 8 2015

The first Tattoo Recognition Technology – Challenge (Tatt-C) workshop will be held on June 8, 2015 at the NIST campus

NIST 2015 SBIR Grants to Fund Research in Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Cybersecurity and Bioscience

March 11, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is offering to fund research projects that address...

Mapping Microscopic Surfaces Could Help Solve Crimes

March 10, 2015

Topographic maps that display surface features like mountains, valleys and coast lines, have long helped people navigate great distances. Forensic science...

NIST Gets New Angle on X-Ray Measurements

March 9, 2015

Criminal justice, cosmology and computer manufacturing may not look to have much in common, but these and many other disparate fields all depend on sensitive...

Novel Neutron Detector Makes Scintillating Debut

March 9, 2015

A team of researchers has successfully demonstrated a new design concept for a neutron detector that does not rely – as nearly all current models do – on a...

Satellites, Mathematics and Drones - fighting poachers in Africa and Asia

Fri, Apr 24 2015

Tom Snitch leads a team at the University of Maryland's Institute for Advanced Computer Studies that has created the

Liquefied Petroleum Gas Liquid-Measuring Devices

Mon, Jun 1 - Fri, Jun 5 2015

This 5 day seminar will teach students how to properly inspect and test LPG metering systems, i.e., perform an official

New Imaging Technique Finds Formation of Aluminum Alloys to Blame for Next-Gen Battery Failures

March 3, 2015

Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the University of Maryland, and Sandia National Laboratories, have for the...

Double Vision: New NIST Technique Can See Nanoscale 'Tree' and Microscale 'Forest' Simultaneously

March 3, 2015

A close-up view of an individual tree won't tell you much about what's going on in the forest, or even what's going on in the tree's upper branches. The same...

New NIST Reference Material Provides a Silver Lining for NanoEHS Research

March 3, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new silver nanoparticle reference material to support researchers studying potential...

NIST Invites Applications for the 2015 Standards Services Curricula Development Program

March 3, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is offering financial support for the development of undergraduate and graduate-level curricula that...

New Data Show Baldrige State-by-State Impacts

March 4, 2015

Newly released data highlight benefits throughout the country of the network of state and local Baldrige-based programs called the Alliance for Performance...

OSAC Forensic Science Standards Priority Discussions Now Available in Webcast Archive

March 3, 2015

Those who missed presentations of forensic science standards development priorities at the first public meetings of the Organization of Scientific Area...

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