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Gaithersburg

Register Now for the Two-Day Forensic Handwriting Analysis Conference Webcast

May 29, 2013

Next week, join NIST and our collaborators via the free live webcast for the Measurement Science and Standards in Forensic Handwriting Analysis Conference and...

NIST and Partners Offer Solution to Communications Impasse in Factories

May 28, 2013

Once uncommunicative industrial robots and machine tools are now beginning to talk turkey, thanks to a prototype application developed by a team of partner...

The Witch fire, the largest of the fires that occurred during the 2007 California firestorm, burned 80,124 hectares and destroyed 1125 residential structures.

Workshop Identifies Research Priorities to Mitigate Fires in the Wildland-Urban Interface

May 28, 2013

Over 46 million residential structures in the United States are in areas at risk of wildfires. A new publication from the National Institute of Standards and...

From Artefacts to Atoms--The BIPM and the Search for Ultimate Measurement Standards

Thu, Jul 11 2013

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) was created by the Metre Convention, an intergovernmental treaty

A NIST team has created an ultraviolet (UV) metamaterial formed of alternating nanolayers of silver (green) and titanium dioxide (blue)

The Better to See You With: Scientists Build Record-Setting Metamaterial Flat Lens

May 23, 2013

For the first time, scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of lens that bends and focuses...

New Filtration Material Could Make Petroleum Refining Cheaper, More Efficient

May 23, 2013

A newly synthesized material might provide a dramatically improved method for separating the highest-octane components of gasoline. Measurements at the National...

Robotics Test Facility

Located on the NIST Gaithersburg campus, the Robotics Test Facility – also known as Building 207 – is a laboratory for developing standard test methods of

Video Aims to Answer "What is NIST?"

May 23, 2013

What's the most formidable challenge faced by the staff of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)? Designing atomic clocks accurate for...

ITL Grant Programs

Summary ITL awards grants and cooperative agreements for Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs and National...

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/TC 172/SC 9 Optics and Photonics/Electro-optical Systems

Mon, Sep 9 - Wed, Sep 11 2013

This is the annual meeting of international delegations of experts for the development of standards for electro-optical

NIST Posts Initial Analysis of RFI Comments on Cybersecurity Framework for Critical Infrastructure

May 16, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted an initial analysis of hundreds of comments submitted by industry and the public related to...

2013 nSoft Annual Meeting

Tue, Aug 13 2013

The 2013 nSoft Consortium Annual Meeting will provide current and potential members of the nSoft consortium a venue to

Terracotta and Cement Roofs Vulnerable in Wildfires, NIST Study Finds

May 14, 2013

Although made of fire-resistant materials, terracotta and cement roof tiles are vulnerable to penetration by windblown embers generated in wildfires, according...

Innovation in Spectroscopy Could Improve Greenhouse Gas Detection

May 14, 2013

Detecting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could soon become far easier with the help of an innovative technique* developed by a team at the National...

After four days, quantum dots still shine (green) in cells embedded in a hydrogel scaffold.

Squishy Hydrogels May Be the Ticket for Studying Biological Effects of Nanoparticles

May 14, 2013

A class of water-loving, jelly-like materials with uses ranges ranging from the mundane, such as superabsorbent diaper liners, to the sophisticated, such as...

Multiple views of NIST's photoelectrochemical hydrogen cell.

NIST Demonstrates Significant Improvement in the Performance of Solar-Powered Hydrogen Generation

May 14, 2013

Using a powerful combination of microanalytic techniques that simultaneously image photoelectric current and chemical reaction rates across a surface on a...

New Report Identifies Strategies to Achieve Net-Zero Energy Homes

May 14, 2013

Chances are you know how many miles your car logs for each gallon or tankful of gas, but you probably have only a foggy idea of how much energy your house...

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...

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Gaithersburg

Register Now for the Two-Day Forensic Handwriting Analysis Conference Webcast

NIST and Partners Offer Solution to Communications Impasse in Factories

Workshop Identifies Research Priorities to Mitigate Fires in the Wildland-Urban Interface

From Artefacts to Atoms--The BIPM and the Search for Ultimate Measurement Standards

The Better to See You With: Scientists Build Record-Setting Metamaterial Flat Lens

New Filtration Material Could Make Petroleum Refining Cheaper, More Efficient

Robotics Test Facility

Video Aims to Answer "What is NIST?"

ITL Grant Programs

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/TC 172/SC 9 Optics and Photonics/Electro-optical Systems

NIST Posts Initial Analysis of RFI Comments on Cybersecurity Framework for Critical Infrastructure

2013 nSoft Annual Meeting

Terracotta and Cement Roofs Vulnerable in Wildfires, NIST Study Finds

Innovation in Spectroscopy Could Improve Greenhouse Gas Detection

Squishy Hydrogels May Be the Ticket for Studying Biological Effects of Nanoparticles

NIST Demonstrates Significant Improvement in the Performance of Solar-Powered Hydrogen Generation

New Report Identifies Strategies to Achieve Net-Zero Energy Homes

FLC Names Zielinski National Chair, Honors Satterfield with STEM Award

Five at NIST Honored with Flemming Awards

NIST Health IT Symposium Series - May 2013

New 3D Defect Detection Fills Important Industry Gap

Optical Methods for 3-D Nanostructure Metrology (Archived)

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

New Temporal Filtering Technique Improves Solid-State Single Photon Sources

NIST Fire Protection Engineer Named Service to America Finalist

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

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

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

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

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