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Real-Time Tracking and Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Individual Nanoparticles (Archived)

The behavior and properties of macroscale objects are stable and predictable because they are the result of the average behavior of very large numbers of atoms

Workshop to Focus on Standards Education

January 8, 2008

Representatives of standards making bodies, corporate officials and educators from around the world will meet Feb. 21-22, 2008, at the "Global Perspectives and...

January Workshop to Focus on Safeguarding Health Care Information

January 8, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in conjunction with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), is sponsoring a one-day...

NIST Develops Test Method for Key Micromechanical Property

January 8, 2008

Engineers and researchers designing and building new microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) can benefit from a new test method developed at the National...

Optimal Diffusion Coefficient Estimation in Single-Particle Tracking (Archived)

Single-particle tracking is a powerful tool for probing the transport behavior and local environmental properties of individual nanoparticles in liquid

NIST, EC Agency Partner for Better Measurements and Standards

January 8, 2008

Enhancing trade between the United States and the nations of the European Union (EU) while helping ensure the safety and quality of goods sold in both markets...

Man wearing a white protective coverall, hood, gloves and face mask, holds a round, purple, sample of a silicon wafer and presses buttons on a white instrument panel.

Measurement Innovations Add Up to Big Savings for Semiconductors

January 8, 2008

A new report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows that investment in measurement science has and will continue to have a...

Radioactive 'Understudy' May Aid Medical Imaging, Drug Development

January 8, 2008

Broadway stars have understudies. Now, an increasingly popular radioactive isotope has its own stand-in. Developed in part by researchers at the National...

The four images (taken with scanning laser confocal microscopy) show variations in surface roughness of an aluminum alloy as produced by increasing amounts of strain

Rough Times: NIST's New Approach to Surface Profiling

January 8, 2008

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a novel technique for measuring the roughness of surfaces that is...

A Memoir of Los Alamos in World War II

Fri, May 18 2012

As an undergraduate physics student turned soldier, Dr. Peshkin was lucky to be sent to Los Alamos, where he worked most

Paul Dirac - The Strangest Man

Fri, Apr 27 2012

Paul Dirac, co-discover of quantum mechanics, was one of the greatest theoretical physicists of the twentieth century

Near-Earth Objects: finding them before they find us

Fri, Apr 13 2012

In the last few years, several known near-Earth asteroids shot closely past the Earth, while on October 6, 2008 a small

NIST Lunar Calibration Workshop

Mon, May 14 - Tue, May 15 2012

Purpose: The Lunar Calibration Workshop will bring together representatives from different communities to discuss the

NIST - Bell Labs Workshop on Large-Scale Complex Networks

Fri, Jun 8 2012

The 2 nd NIST - Bell Labs Workshop aims at highlighting and discussing current and emerging research on: Large-scale

Combining Centuries-Old Mathematical Theorems Provides an Efficient Approach for Characterizing the Shape of Nanoparticles

March 14, 2012

Gregg Gallatin, a researcher at the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, has shown that combining a nineteenth century flux theorem with an...

NIST Announces Funding to Form Steering Group to Support Trusted Identities in Cyberspace

March 12, 2012

On March 9, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that it is soliciting proposals to establish a steering group in support of the...

Volume Metrology

Description and Purpose This 5-day OWM volume metrology seminar is designed to enable metrologists to apply fundamental measurement concepts...

Frequency Conversion Interfaces for Photonic Quantum Systems

Optical frequency conversion, in which the color of light is changed, is a process that has numerous applications in physics and technology. For example, green

Ontology Summit 2012: Ontology for Big Systems

Thu, Apr 12 - Fri, Apr 13 2012

This year's Ontology Summit is titled "Ontology for Big Systems" and seeks to explore, identify and articulate how

Federal Committee Seeks Information on Domestic Forging Capabilities

March 9, 2012

Does the United States have sufficient industrial capabilities to produce adequate supplies of forged-quality metal parts to meet the needs of the Defense...

NSTIC Steering Group FFO Proposers' Webinar

Mon, Mar 19 2012

Provide information to potential proposers and other interested parties on the requirements of the National Strategy for

President Proposes National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

March 9, 2012

President Obama announced today his proposal for a new initiative focused on strengthening and ensuring the long-term competitiveness and job-creating power of...

NIST Measurements May Help Optimize Organic Solar Cells

March 6, 2012

Organic solar cells may be a step closer to market because of measurements taken at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Naval...

The Shape of Things to Come: NIST Probes the Promise of Nanomanufacturing Using DNA Origami

March 6, 2012

In recent years, scientists have begun to harness DNA's powerful molecular machinery to build artificial structures at the nanoscale using the natural ability...

NIST Releases Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil Reference Material

March 6, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new certified reference material to support the federal government's Natural Resources...

NIST to Expand Work on Emergency Communications to Support FirstNet

March 6, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will significantly expand its work in support of an advanced wireless communications system for the...

Guidance on Wireless Local Area Network Security is Close at Hand

March 6, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released in final form a guide to enhanced security for wireless local area networks (WLAN). A...

March Conference Explores Building Trust on the Internet

January 23, 2008

Establishing trust in Internet transactions is a mutual process between user and service provider. In bank transactions, for example, customers want to be sure...

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Concrete Flow Researchers to Use Argonne Supercomputer

January 23, 2008

The Argonne National Laboratory of the Department of Energy (DoE) announced on Jan. 17, 2008, that a team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards...

Microscopic beads embedded in a gel surface were used to trace the motion of a gel forming an interface with a liquid.

Videos Extract Mechanical Properties of Liquid-Gel Interfaces

January 23, 2008

Blood coursing through vessels, lubricated cartilage sliding against joints, ink jets splashing on paper—living and nonliving things abound with fluids meeting...

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