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NIST Exhibits at the International Manufacturing Technology Show 2012

Mon, Sep 10 - Sat, Sep 15 2012

The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) is the largest manufacturing technology show in the Western

NIST engineer Kate Remley holds two Personal Alert Safety System (PASS) devices with wireless alarm capability.

Improving Safety Measures and Measures of Safety for World Metrology Day 2012

May 17, 2012

World Metrology Day celebrates the signing of the Treaty of the Meter on May 20, 1875.* By signing the treaty, representatives from 17 nations, including the...

New Commitments Support Administration's Materials Genome Initiative

May 14, 2012

Today, at a White House event, leaders from industry, academia, national labs, and government announced more than a dozen new commitments to advance the...

NIST Forensic Measurement Challenge

May 14, 2012

Recently, NIST announced the availability of $2.5 million for funding criminal justice applications that use new scientific discoveries. Thirty-six proposals...

Spin Polarized Supercurrents Optimized with a Simple Flip

May 11, 2012

Researchers from Michigan State University, the NIST Center for Neutron Research, and the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have discovered the...

Webinar - State Laboratory Annual Submission Process

Thu, Nov 1 2012

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

New Point for Dew Point

May 10, 2012

Peter Huang of the Sensor Science Division's Temperature and Humidity group has devised a new humidity generator that enables dew-point measurements up to 98 °C...

Manufacturing: Key to an Innovation-Based Economy

May 9, 2012

Scientists, industry leaders and public officials came together this week for a dialogue on innovation at The Atlantic's "From Inspiration to Innovation Summit...

Experts to Discuss Botnet Challenges, Steps for Prevention at May 30 Workshop

May 9, 2012

Botnet activity is on the rise around the globe, and to help understand this problem the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting a free...

Roger Kilmber speaking at the Manufacturing Innovation 2012 conference

Manufacturers Learn Keys to Success at MEP's Manufacturing Innovation 2012

May 8, 2012

We are finally the 'in' thing," said Roger Kilmer, director of NIST's Manufacturing Extension Partnership to the more than 800 manufacturers and industry...

Webinar - Control Charts Using PMAP Software

Fri, Jun 22 2012

At the end of this session, participants will be able to identify the essential requirements and information that are

Webinar - Basic Measurement Assurance

Fri, Jun 22 2012

Participants will be able to describe their measurement assurance system during a Management Review; review example

New Vacuum Calibration System: Better, Faster, and Cheaper

May 8, 2012

In the vacuum business, less is more—except when it comes to accuracy. Industries that depend on high-quality, carefully monitored vacuum for sensitive...

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NIST Contributes to Discovery of Novel Quantum Spin-Liquid

May 7, 2012

Gaithersburg, Md.—An international team of researchers including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found what may be...

Revised Draft FIPS 201–2 Workshop

Wed, Jul 25 2012

NIST is hosting a public workshop on the Revised Draft Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 201-2. The

A User-Centered Approach to Designing Electronic Health Records

May 7, 2012

On Tuesday, May 22, 2012, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) will host...

Interagency Manufacturing Office Asks for Ideas on Design of Proposed Innovation Network

May 4, 2012

The Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO) today issued a formal "request for information" on a new public-private partnership proposed by...

Comments Requested on Strategies to Mitigate Risk in the Federal ICT Supply Chain

May 4, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has extended until May 25, 2012, the comment period for the second draft of a publication intended to...

Teaching the Next Generation of Scientists: PML Reaches out at USA Science and Engineering Festival

May 7, 2012

For the second consecutive year, PML played a major role in NIST's contributions to the Science and Engineering Festival in Washington DC. The annual event...

National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Workshop

Tue, Jun 26 2012

On June 26, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) hosted a workshop to introduce the Center, a public

Petroleum Volume: Getting Calibrations in the Can

May 7, 2012

The volume of oil and oil products moving through America's pipelines, waterways, roads, and rails borders on the unimaginable. "Look at it this way," says John...

Encrypting Software/Data for Transmission to NIST

Please read this NIST_Encryption.pdf document for procedures on encrypting files before sending to NIST biometric evaluations. The table...

Measurement Science and Standards in Forensic Firearms Analysis Conference

May 2, 2012

Since the early 1900s, forensic scientists have been using firearms analysis to associate bullets and cartridge cases left at crime scenes to specific weapons...

Researchers Find Reducing Fishmeal Hinders Growth of Farmed Fish

May 2, 2012

When it comes to the food used to raise fish in aquaculture "farms," it seems that you may get what you pay for. In a new study,* researchers from the National...

First Light: NIST Researchers Develop New Way to Generate Superluminal Pulses

May 2, 2012

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a novel way of producing light pulses that are "superluminal"—in some...

Fabrication Method Can Affect the Use of Block Copolymer Thin Films

May 2, 2012

A new study by a team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) indicates that thin polymer films can have different...

NIST researchers' new approach to trapping nanoparticles uses a control and feedback system that nudges them only when needed.

Light Touch Keeps a Grip on Delicate Nanoparticles

May 2, 2012

Using a refined technique for trapping and manipulating nanoparticles, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have extended...

Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop V Meets June 5-7 at the Department of Commerce

May 2, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop V on June 5-7, 2012, at the Department of Commerce's...

NIST Fire Research Earns Honors

May 2, 2012

Fire researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently were honored by the International Association of Arson Investigators...

New Protocol Enables Wireless and Secure Biometric Acquisition with Web Services

May 2, 2012

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed and published a new protocol for communicating with biometric sensors...

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