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Measuring People: From Elementary Counting to Better Healthcare

Fri, Apr 4 2014

The quality assurance of measurement involving people when products and services, such as patient-centered health care

Entrepreneurship Pathways at NIST: Taking ideas from the lab to the market

Fri, Mar 21 2014

NIST has a rich history of transferring ideas from the lab into the marketplace. At this special event you will hear

President Obama Announces Two New Public-Private Manufacturing Innovation Institutes and Launches the First of Four New Manufacturing Innovation Institute Competitions

February 26, 2014

A Detroit-area based consortium of 60 companies, nonprofits, and universities and a Chicago based consortium of 73 companies, nonprofits, and universities are...

Purified DNA fluorescing orange under ultraviolet light.

How Well Did You Sequence that Genome?

February 25, 2014

In December 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first high-throughput DNA sequencer (also known commonly as a "gene sequencer"), an...

NIST SBIR Program Soliciting Proposals

February 25, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, invites small businesses to submit...

Perspective: Weights and Measures Week 2014 — Making Sure the Marketplace Measures Up

February 25, 2014

Commentary by Mark Esser. Every year, we hear scattered stories of inaccurate measures. Gas pumps, grocery scales, grocery scanners, incorrectly labeled...

Find the Path to Performance Excellence at 2014 Quest Conference

February 25, 2014

For organizations seeking insight toward improved performance and results, the annual Quest for Excellence® conference is the definitive showcase of best...

NIST Invites Applications for the 2014 Standards Services Curricula Development Program

February 25, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is offering financial support for the development of curricula with standards and standardization...

NCCoE Launches Building Blocks for Access Control and Mobile Devices

February 25, 2014

NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has proposed two new building blocks, one to help organizations develop capabilities for attribute...

NIST Handbook 133 "Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods" - Basic

Mon, Aug 11 - Fri, Aug 15 2014

The focus will be on the requirements and basic test procedures for packages labeled by weight. This will include, but

Sample Deposit on Piezoelectric Quartz Crystals

NIST Microanalysis Technique Makes the Most of Small Nanoparticle Samples

February 24, 2014

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have demonstrated that they can make...

Baylor Plano Announcement

February 21, 2014

Today, February 21, 2014, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, a 2013 Baldrige Award honoree, officially notified us that it is withdrawing from the process...

27th FISSEA Conference

Tue, Mar 18 - Thu, Mar 20 2014

The Federal Information Systems Security Educators' Association (FISSEA): Partners in Performance: Shaping the Future of

CWMA--Evaluating Performance, Learning Objectives and Training Effectiveness for Managers

Thu, May 22 2014

The top two responses from students after training about their failure to implement training concepts and skills are: 1)

NIST Requests Comments on its Cryptographic Standards Process

February 19, 2014

As part of a review of its cryptographic standards development process, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting public comment...

Stirred, Then Shaken: NIST Atomtronic Study May Pave the Way for New Devices

February 19, 2014

While pursuing the goal of turning a cloud of ultracold atoms into a completely new kind of circuit element, physicists at the National Institute of Standards...

Privacy Engineering Workshop

Wed, Apr 9 - Thu, Apr 10 2014

Summary of the Privacy Engineering Workshop (May 21, 2014) Privacy is a challenging subject that spans a number of

NIST Scientists to Present Forensic Science Research at AAFS

February 13, 2014

What's new in forensic science research? NIST scientists will be presenting recent research results – from fingerprint examination to biological evidence...

NIST Webcast on New Forensic Scientific Area Committees Set for Feb. 18, 2014

February 14, 2014

The NIST forensics science team is holding a public presentation and live webcast on its new Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) at the American...

NIST Releases Cybersecurity Framework Version 1.0

February 12, 2014

To help organizations charged with providing the nation's financial, energy, health care and other critical systems better protect their information and...

NEWMA--Evaluating Performance, Learning Objectives and Training Effectiveness for Managers

Wed, May 7 2014

The top two responses from students after training about their failure to implement training concepts and skills are: 1)

CNST Deputy Director Lloyd Whitman Serving as Interim Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office

February 12, 2014

Lloyd Whitman, Deputy Director of the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), has been detailed to the National Science and Technology Council...

NMR data showing the levels of reduced glutathione (GSH) and oxidized glutathione (GSSG) over time in yeast cells at rest (top) and under oxidative stress (bottom).

New NIST Method Evaluates Response to Oxidation in Live Cells

February 11, 2014

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method for accurately measuring a key process governing a wide...

NIST to Hold Cryptographic Key Management Workshop March 4-5

February 11, 2014

A workshop aimed at improving federal cryptographic key management systems will be held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s...

Statement from Willie May, Associate Director of Laboratory Programs concerning the Appointment of Patrick Gallagher to be the Next Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh

February 10, 2014

"Pat Gallagher will be sorely missed at NIST. As Director of NIST for the last several years and a 20-year veteran of the organization, he has been a model of...

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Gaithersburg

Measuring People: From Elementary Counting to Better Healthcare

Entrepreneurship Pathways at NIST: Taking ideas from the lab to the market

President Obama Announces Two New Public-Private Manufacturing Innovation Institutes and Launches the First of Four New Manufacturing Innovation Institute Competitions

How Well Did You Sequence that Genome?

NIST SBIR Program Soliciting Proposals

Perspective: Weights and Measures Week 2014 — Making Sure the Marketplace Measures Up

Find the Path to Performance Excellence at 2014 Quest Conference

NIST Invites Applications for the 2014 Standards Services Curricula Development Program

NCCoE Launches Building Blocks for Access Control and Mobile Devices

NIST Handbook 133 "Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods" - Basic

NIST Microanalysis Technique Makes the Most of Small Nanoparticle Samples

Baylor Plano Announcement

27th FISSEA Conference

CWMA--Evaluating Performance, Learning Objectives and Training Effectiveness for Managers

NIST Requests Comments on its Cryptographic Standards Process

Stirred, Then Shaken: NIST Atomtronic Study May Pave the Way for New Devices

Privacy Engineering Workshop

NIST Scientists to Present Forensic Science Research at AAFS

NIST Webcast on New Forensic Scientific Area Committees Set for Feb. 18, 2014

NIST Releases Cybersecurity Framework Version 1.0

NEWMA--Evaluating Performance, Learning Objectives and Training Effectiveness for Managers

CNST Deputy Director Lloyd Whitman Serving as Interim Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office

New NIST Method Evaluates Response to Oxidation in Live Cells

NIST to Hold Cryptographic Key Management Workshop March 4-5

Statement from Willie May, Associate Director of Laboratory Programs concerning the Appointment of Patrick Gallagher to be the Next Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh

Developing a Community-Centered Approach to Disaster Resilience

Hysteresis in a Quantized BEC Superfluid

OSAC News

NIST Presents an Infrastructure Plan to Strengthen Forensic Science Committees

Shape-Sifting: NIST Categorizes Bio Scaffolds by Characteristic Cell Shapes