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Scale-Model Smokestack To Study GHG Emissions Monitoring

August 15, 2014

Construction is nearly complete on one of the world's more unusual precision measurement facilities: A 50 meter horizontal smokestack located on NIST's...

Sartorius CPA223S Balance

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

NIST Investigation of Joplin, Mo., Tornado Details Proposed Measures for Saving Lives and Property

November 21, 2013

JOPLIN, Mo.—Nationally accepted standards for building design and construction, public shelters and emergency communications can significantly reduce deaths and...

Robert G. Fangmeyer, Director Baldrige Performance Excellence Program Photo

Fangmeyer Named New Baldrige Program Director

November 20, 2013

Robert (Bob) Fangmeyer, deputy director of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has...

Comments on Updated Guidance for Role-Based IT Security Training for Federal Employees Requested by Nov. 30

November 20, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on its updated draft publication on information technology and cybersecurity...

NIST to Announce Results of Study of 2011 Joplin, Mo., Tornado Disaster

November 19, 2013

On May 22, 2011, a massive tornado struck Joplin, Mo., destroying some 8,000 structures in its path and killing 161 people. It was the single deadliest tornado...

Controllable Mode Competition in a Phonon Laser

November 19, 2013

Using a novel realization of a "phonon laser," scientists at PML and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have observed and learned to control a process called...

Press Briefing Webcast: Joplin Tornado Investigation Draft Report Released for Public Comment

Thu, Nov 21 2013

Read News Release >> This webcast will introduce the Draft Joplin Tornado Investigation Report. On May 22, 2011, a

The NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology Develops and Deploys New NanoFab Management System

November 18, 2013

The Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), NIST's nanotechnology user facility, has deployed a new laboratory equipment management system which it...

i-vector Machine Learning Challenge

Speaker Recognition i-Vector Machine Learning Challenge NIST began coordinating a special i-vector challenge in late 2013 based on data used...

CNST Releases the Fall 2013 Edition of The CNST News

November 14, 2013

The NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) is pleased to announce the release of the Fall 2013 edition of The CNST News. This quarterly...

Public Comment Requested for Manufacturing Network's Suggested Metrics, IP Guidelines

November 14, 2013

The federal interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO) has issued for public comment draft performance metrics and intellectual-property...

Three U.S. Organizations Honored with the 2013 Baldrige National Quality Award

November 13, 2013

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker today announced that three U.S. organizations will receive the 2013 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality...

Building with Crystals of Light and Quantum Matter: From clocks to computers

Fri, May 30 2014

Understanding the behavior of interacting electrons in solids or liquids is at the heart of modern quantum science and

A Measure of Improbable Research

Fri, Apr 25 2014

Dung beetles finding their way home via the Milky Way. Calculating the forces acting on a ponytail. Preventing patients

Theoretical Physics and the Phenomena of Life: How Much Can We Calculate?

Wed, Jan 15 2014

Whether we are looking up at a flock of birds, coherent yet fluid as they move the sky, or peering through a microscope

Thermopower image of epitaxial graphene. Three distinct indexed regions are marked l, ll, and lll.

Researchers from U.S. and Korea Collaborate on Graphene Research

November 7, 2013

Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) and the Republic of Korea's national metrology institute—the Korea Research...

Perfect Faults: A Self-Correcting Crystal May Unleash the Next Generation of Advanced Communications

November 5, 2013

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have joined with an international team to engineer and measure a potentially...

Updating Building Energy Codes: How Much Can Your State Save?

November 5, 2013

How much in energy and cost savings would your state realize if it updated its commercial building energy codes? You can find out in a new on-line publication*...

Not Just a Pretty Face: Bodies Provide Important Cues for Recognizing People

November 5, 2013

Computer recognition of people has focused almost exclusively on faces, but a new study suggests it may be time to take additional information into...

NIST Fellow Ron Ross Honored With Inaugural McNulty Information Security Leadership Award

November 5, 2013

National Institute for Standards a Technology (NIST) Fellow Ron Ross has been awarded the inaugural Lynn F. McNulty Tribute U.S. Government Information Security...

Method of Sale and Test Procedure for Bag on Valve Technology

Thu, Jan 9 2014

To discuss an appropriate Method of Sale for Bag on Valve (BOV) products. Provide a recommendation on the Method of Sale

Three NIST scientists standing in front of the OCPW building

NIST Scientists Contribute to Nobel Peace Prize Winning Efforts on Chemical Weapons Detection

November 5, 2013

Innovative chemical weapons detection technologies developed by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have played a key role...

SIM Metrology School at NIST

November 4, 2013

They spanned 140 degrees of latitude – from Canada to Chile – and varied widely in age and experience. But their goal was the same: To improve their...

International Biometric Performance Testing Conference (IBPC) 2014

April 1-3 April 15, 2014: The presentations from the IBPC 2014 conference are now available. March 25, 2014: Final IBPC 2014 Program is now...

Performance-Based Design Methodologies for Structures in Fire Project

This project will develop and implement performace-based tools, methodology, guidance, and draft standards for designing and evaluating structures for fire

Model-Based Enterprise Summit 2013

Wed, Dec 18 - Thu, Dec 19 2013

The purpose of the Summit is to identify challenges, research, implementation issues, and lessons learned in

White House Blog: Seeking Cybersecurity Framework Comments

October 30, 2013

U.S. national and economic security depends on the reliable functioning of critical infrastructure. In recognition of that dependence, President Obama issued an...

NIST Exhibits at the 2014 International Wireless Communications Expo

Wed, Mar 26 - Thu, Mar 27 2014

IWCE is the authoritative annual event for communications technology in the working world. Over 7,500 technology buyers

NIST Exhibits at 2014 MSC Conference

Wed, Mar 12 - Fri, Mar 14 2014

Get ready to learn, network and set new ideas in motion! Take your knowledge to the next level at our annual user

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