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Fire Retardants and their Potential Impact on Fire Fighter Health

Wed, Sep 30 2009

Summary of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory meeting on Fire Retardants and their Potential Impact on Fire

APS Honors 'Historic Site' of NBS Physics Discovery

November 14, 2011

The American Physical Society (APS) has named the location of a 1956 breakthrough by NBS scientists as an "historic site." The lab in which NBS researchers

NIST's John Cahn Receives Kyoto Prize

November 10, 2011

KYOTO, JAPAN — November 10, 2011 — The non-profit Inamori Foundation (President: Dr. Kazuo Inamori) today presented its 27th Annual Kyoto Prizes, Japan's

December 15 & 16, 2011, TGDC Meeting

Thu, Dec 15 - Fri, Dec 16 2011

Public Meeting of the Technical Guidelines Development Committee. Topics to be discussed: UOCAVA Common Data Format

metRology for Microsoft Excel

The goal of the metRology for Microsoft Excel* software project is to provide a convenient user interface using Microsoft Excel for some of the specialized

Salmon swimming within a netted pen at a fish farm in Maine.

Fish Flu: Genetics Approach May Lead to Treatment

November 8, 2011

A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has provided the first look at a genetic structure that may play a critical role in

Are Electron Tweezers Possible? Apparently So.

November 8, 2011

Not to pick up electrons, but tweezers made of electrons. A recent paper* by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the

NIST Physicists Chip Away at Mystery of Antimatter Imbalance

November 8, 2011

Why there is stuff in the universe—more properly, why there is an imbalance between matter and antimatter—is one of the long-standing mysteries of cosmology. A

NICE Issues Cybersecurity Workforce Framework for Public Comment

November 8, 2011

The National Initiative on Cybersecurity Education (NICE) has published for public comment a draft document that classifies the typical duties and skill

Draft Roadmap for Cloud Computing Technology

November 8, 2011

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released for public comment a draft "roadmap" that is designed to foster federal agencies'

NIST Signs Agreement to Enhance Cybersecurity Education Programs

November 8, 2011

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has agreed to work with the Department of Education and a new organization, the National Cybersecurity

NIST to Help Speed Technology Transfer from Federal Labs

November 8, 2011

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will play a significant role in helping speed the transfer of federal research and development from

The New Era of Human 2.0 New Minds, New Bodies, and New Identities

Fri, Nov 18 2011

Society is at the threshold of a new age when machines will no longer be separate, lifeless mechanisms, but will instead

Government Issues Building Energy and Water Submetering Report

November 8, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A new interagency report recommends systematic consideration of new metering technologies that can yield up-to-date, finely grained snapshots

Measures of Building Resilience and Structural Robustness Project

Disaster resilience of a building or a community is the capability to quickly restore full functionality following an extreme event. Buildings play a critical

Safety of Building Occupants Project

NIST will develop a model to predict evacuation decision-making during fires through a better understanding and quantification of the risk perceived by

Disaster and Failure Studies & Disaster Metrology Studies

Extreme events test buildings and infrastructure in ways and on a scale that cannot be easily replicated in a laboratory – buildings and infrastructure are

National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Coordination

This is an annually renewed project that supports NIST's Lead Agency coordination of National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (NWIRP) research and

Coastal Inundation: Hazard Characterization and Structural Design

The project develops next-generation procedures for achieving designs that are safe, sustainable, and economical under coastal inundation, consistent with

Advanced Gas-Phase Fire Retardants Project

There is high motivation in industry to replace the widely used brominated fire retardants (and their antimony synergist). In order to aid in the development

International Biometric Performance Testing Conference (IBPC) 2012

March 5-9, 2012 April 15, 2014: The presentations from the IBPC 2012 conference are now available. February 28, 2012: IBPC 2012 Program The...

Redefining the SI Base Units

November 2, 2011

Note: Much more recent information is available about redefinition of the SI units. For a comprehensive general overview, see How to Weigh Everything from

Functional Barriers for Low-Flammability Products

This project investigates the potential of functional barriers — defined as any layered material that reduces heat and mass transfer in a multi-layer product

Reduced Ignition and Flame Spread with Nano-Engineered Foam Project

This research will enable commercialization of a reduced flammability, inexpensive, and EHS [1] compliant polyurethane foam and a high smoldering reference foam

Reduced Ignition of Building Components in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fires

Wildland fires that spread into urban areas, termed Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires, are becoming more and more common across multiple locations of the

Researchers burn a shed to measure the fire exposure to a nearby residential façade to determine safe separation distance and test WUI fire building code requirements.

Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Fire Data Collection on Parcel Vulnerabilities

Gaining a deeper understanding of Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fire dynamics and the mechanisms of structure ignition is crucial for enhancing the resilience

Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Building and Fire Codes and Standards

Although over 46 million residential structures in the United States are in areas of risk of wildfires, building and fire codes and standards do not provide the

High temperatures and heat flows in NIST fire research melted a hole in a SCBA mask. A pressure sensor (brass fitting that was mounted on the face of the headform) is visible through the hole in the lens.

High Temperature Performance of Fire Fighter Equipment

Reliable performance of fire fighter equipment and gear is critical for the safety and effectiveness of fire fighters. Current equipment standards and test

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CNST Researchers Efficiently Extract Photons from Single Semiconductor Quantum Dots Directly into an Optical Fiber

November 2, 2011

Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have led the development of a new technique for efficiently out-coupling photons from

Steve VanRoekel at Cloud Computing Forum

NIST Releases Draft Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap for Comments

November 1, 2011

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released for public comment a draft "roadmap" that is designed to

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