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A TEM image of annealed cobalt iron alloy

New Magnetic-Field-Sensitive Alloy Could Find Use in Novel Micromechanical Devices

November 22, 2011

Led by a group at the University of Maryland (UMd), a multi-institution team of researchers has combined modern materials research and an age-old metallurgy...

NIST Posts Comments on Public Safety Communications Network

November 22, 2011

Commercial standards, created in an open forum and publically available, should be a key feature of a broadband communications network for the nation's...

Romine Named Director of NIST's Information Technology Laboratory

November 22, 2011

Charles (Chuck) H. Romine became director of the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Nov. 21...

Original NIST Campus in D.C. Designated 'Physics Historic Site'

November 22, 2011

The American Physical Society (APS) has designated the original campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a Physics Historic Site...

Four U.S. Organizations Honored with the 2011 Baldrige National Quality Award

November 22, 2011

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson today named four organizations—three health care operations and one nonprofit business—as recipients of the...

The Josephson Volt: NIST's First Quantum Electrical Standard

Fri, Dec 2 2011

The development of voltage standards based on superconductive tunnel junctions began with the 1962 prediction by Brian

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CNST Collaboration Controls Thermal Fluctuations with Spin Current

November 16, 2011

A team of researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, the University of Muenster, and West Virginia University have demonstrated...

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...

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

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

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