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Lithium Sulfur: A Battery Revolution on the Cheap?

June 3, 2014

Whip together an industrial waste product and a bit of plastic and you might have the recipe for the next revolution in battery technology. Scientists from the

All-Natural Mixture Yields Promising Fire Retardant

June 3, 2014

What sounds like fixings for a wizard's potion—a dash of clay, a dab of fiber from crab shells, and a dollop of DNA—actually are the ingredients of promising

NIST: Performance of Facial Recognition Software Continues to Improve

June 3, 2014

Who is that stranger in your social media photo? A click on the face reveals the name in seconds, almost as soon as you can identify your best friend. While

Standard Firebrand Generator

This apparatus, developed at EL, has been constructed to generate a controlled and repeatable size and mass distribution of glowing firebrands. The purpose of

Proposed Risk Management Guidelines Aim to Bolster Security of Federal ICT Supply Chains

June 3, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a second public draft of Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Federal Information

Robotics Pioneer Joins NIST Advisory Committee

June 3, 2014

Rodney Brooks, founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Rethink Robotics, Inc., has joined the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), the

First, Put a Stake in the Ground

April 2014 For over 20 years, I have had the privilege of learning from role-model organizations and outstanding keynote speakers at the...

President's Council Recommends Building on the Baldrige Award for U.S. Health Care

June 2, 2014

On May 29, the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a report to President Obama, Better Health Care and Lower Costs

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Better Materials for Safer Sports: Time to Use Our Heads

May 30, 2014

On May 29, 2014, at the White House Healthy Kids and Safe Sports Concussion Summit, President Obama highlighted both the need for greater national awareness of

Three September 2015 Meetings Related to Thermal Analysis and Degradation

Mon, Sep 28 - Wed, Sep 30 2015

There are three back-to-back meeting on the 28,29,and 30th of September 2015. September 28thThere is a UL/NIST sponsored

Sartorius CPA224S Balance

Last calibration date: 10/23/2019 Please see manual.

Rush a Light Wave and You'll Break Its Data, say NIST Scientists

May 29, 2014

Quantum information can't break the cosmic speed limit, according to researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the

NIST Requests Public Comment on Proposed SHA-3 Cryptographic Standard

May 29, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has requested public comments on its newly proposed "Secure Hash Algorithm-3" (SHA-3) Standard, which

Small image of the CNST News Winter-Spring 2014 Cover

CNST Releases the Winter/Spring 2014 Edition of the CNST News

May 28, 2014

The NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) is pleased to announce the release of the Winter/Spring 2014 edition of The CNST News. This

New Members and Chair for the Baldrige Panel of Judges

May 28, 2014

Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker recently appointed four new members to the Panel of Judges for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The new judges

SmartAmerica Expo

Wed, Jun 11 2014

Imagine vehicles that can make their own way around a military base or medical campus, health information that follows

Indoor Air Quality Test House

In order to enable studies of a range of indoor air quality and ventilation issues, EL maintains a highly instrumented three-bedroom test house. Previous

VOC emissions chambers

In order to support the development of test methods and reference materials for volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions from building materials and

NanoFab Tool: Bruker Dektak 6M contact profilometer

The Bruker Dektak 6M contact profilometer measures the thickness of patterned thin films by sensing the deflections of a fine stylus riding over feature steps

NanoFab Tool: J. A. Woollam M-2000 DI Spectroscopic Ellipsometer

The J. A. Woollam M-2000 DI spectroscopic ellipsometer provides fast and accurate thin film characterization over a wide spectroscopic range. The high speed CCD

NanoFab Tool: First Ten Angstroms FTA125 Contact Angle Goniometer

The First Ten Angstroms FTA125 is a general purpose goniometer that can measure the contact angle and surface tension of liquid droplets on a substrate's

NanoFab Tool: Olympus SZH10 Stereo Microscope

The Olympus SZH10 is a long working distance stereo microscope that supports both reflected light and transmitted light modes for inspecting substrates and

NanoFab Tool: Nikon SMZ1500 Stereo Microscope

The Nikon SMZ1500 is a long working distance stereo microscope that supports both reflected light and transmitted light modes for inspecting substrates and

Photograph of the Nikon L200 compound optical microscope.

NanoFab Tool: Nikon L200 Compound Optical Microscope

The Nikon L200 is a compound optical microscope that supports both reflected light and transmitted light modes for inspecting substrates and samples. The

NanoFab Tool: Keithley 4200 SCS Parametric Test Station

The Keithley 4200 SCS parametric test system provides in-line electrical characterization capabilities, including the ability to measure capacitance at multiple

NanoFab Tool: Bruker Dektak XT Profilometer

The Bruker Dektak XT contact profilometer measures the thin film thickness of patterned features by sensing the deflection of a fine stylus that is raster

Nanoelectronics: First Measurement of Moly's Thermal Conductivity

May 21, 2014

Angela Hight Walker of PML's Semiconductor and Dimensional Metrology Division and colleagues have succeeded in measuring a previously unknown but essential

NanoFab Tool: Toho Technology FLX-2320 Stress Measurement Tool

The Toho Technology FLX-2320 stress measurement tool uses a laser interferometer to measure the curvature of a wafer before and after film deposition. It then

Liquefied Petroleum Gas Liquid-Measuring Devices Seminar

Mon, Jun 2 - Fri, Jun 6 2014

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

Photovoltaic Characterization Laboratory

NIST's PV characterization laboratory is used to measure the electrical performance and opto-electronic properties of solar cells and modules. This facility

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