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FLC Names Zielinski National Chair, Honors Satterfield with STEM Award

May 14, 2013

The Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC), the nationwide network that promotes and strengthens technology transfer from its membership of

Five at NIST Honored with Flemming Awards

May 14, 2013

The Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University has announced that five researchers at the National

NIST Health IT Symposium Series - May 2013

Wed, May 22 2013

To introduce health IT R&D to NIST's researchers working in health IT and to increase collaborations.

New 3D Defect Detection Fills Important Industry Gap

May 13, 2013

As device manufacturing technologies sizes shrink beyond 22 nm and increase in complexity, defects become more detrimental to device performance and harder to

Optical Methods for 3-D Nanostructure Metrology (Archived)

We develop new approaches to optical microscopy and electromagnetic modeling to enable improved metrology of nanoscale structures with dimensions more than an

SRC, NIST Introduce Second Phase of Nanoelectronics Research Initiative with $5 Million in Annual Funding to Develop Post-CMOS Electronics

May 8, 2013

Additional Media Contact: SRC: Dan Francisco 916-293-9030 GAITHERSBURG, Md. – The Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and the National Institute of

New Temporal Filtering Technique Improves Solid-State Single Photon Sources

May 8, 2013

An international collaboration led by researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) has demonstrated a novel temporal filtering

NIST Fire Protection Engineer Named Service to America Finalist

May 7, 2013

Daniel Madrzykowski, a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) fire protection engineer with a 25-year track record of conducting research that

Clifford G. Shull: A Memoir of a Pioneer in Neutron Scattering

Fri, May 17 2013

Clifford G. Shull pioneered the use of neutron scattering to probe the properties of the neutron, to determine atomic

Shaking Things Up: NIST Researchers Propose New Old Way to Purify Carbon Nanotubes

April 30, 2013

An old, somewhat passé, trick used to purify protein samples based on their affinity for water has found new fans at the National Institute of Standards and

New NIST Reference Materials for MEMS devices

New NIST Measurement Tool Is On Target for the Fast-Growing MEMS Industry

April 30, 2013

As markets for miniature, hybrid machines known as MEMS grow and diversify, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has introduced a long

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New Guide Details Steps from A-to-Z for Preserving Biological Evidence

April 30, 2013

A new handbook by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) provides

NIST Issues Major Revision of Core Computer Security Guide: SP 800-53

April 30, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the fourth revision of the government's foundational computer security guide, Security

Office Staff

Members of the Biomolecular Measurement Division Office Dr. Rebecca Zangmeister, Acting Division Chief Jennifer Blair, Acting Division...

Thinking about Performance Measurement

March 2013 I grew up in New York. There were several questions we used to routinely ask each other: "How ya doin?", "How you been doin?",...

Iris Device Qualification Test (IDQT)

September 23, 2013 - Disposition of comments We are grateful for the comments received on the initial draft of the IDQT specification. These...

Digital PCR

Digital PCR (dPCR) is a method used to quantify nucleic acids (DNA, RNA, cDNA). At NIST we are using microfluidic and emulsion-based dPCR platforms for

EHR Usability & Patient Safety Roundtable

Fri, Apr 19 2013

Background In its recent report "Health IT and Patient Safety," the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National

Second Cybersecurity Infrastructure Framework Workshop Gathers May 29-31, 2013

April 25, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is holding the second of four planned workshops to develop a voluntary framework to reduce

NIST Announces Plan to Sponsor First Cybersecurity FFRDC

April 22, 2013

To help the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) address industry's needs most efficiently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Handbook 130 Packaging and Labeling (5 day) - Canceled

Mon, Oct 21 - Fri, Oct 25 2013

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Weights and Measures will hold a seminar for State

In Natural Gas Pipelines, NIST Goes with the Flow

April 19, 2013

On an ordinary day, the United States consumes about 70 billion cubic feet of natural gas – enough to fill a space a mile long, a mile wide, and half a mile

Dehmer to Head NIST Physical Measurement Lab

April 19, 2013

Dr. Joseph L. Dehmer, a 40-year veteran of federal science research and administration, has been named Director of the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) of

Surface Texture and Forensic Topography

This project provides methods, standards, and services for characterizing surface texture and microform in manufacturing, forensics, and science. We seek to

SI Length and Traceability

To enable our highest accuracy calibrations and NIST advanced research efforts, we maintain and develop methods to provide traceability to the meter via laser

Dimensional Measurement Services

The Dimensional Measurement Services (DMS) project delivers unique high-accuracy length based calibrations that are essential to global trade, support basic

Advanced Dimensional Measurement Systems

The Advanced Dimensional Measurement Systems (ADMS) project provides the measurement science and infrastructure needed by industry to adopt new dimensional

Landmark NIST Study Evaluates Effectiveness of Crew Sizes in High-Rise Fires

April 17, 2013

When responding to fires in high-rise buildings, firefighting crews of five or six members—instead of three or four—are significantly faster in putting out

State Laboratory Annual Submission Process

Thu, Oct 24 2013

For State Laboratory weights and measures staff to review annual submission requirements for laboratory Recognition

Prototype Generators Emit Much Less Carbon Monoxide, NIST Finds

April 17, 2013

Portable electric generators retrofitted with off-the-shelf hardware by the University of Alabama (UA) emitted significantly lower levels of carbon monoxide (CO

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