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Gaithersburg

Herzan AVI-400 Vibration Isolation Table

Location: E137

International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium

Wed, Dec 7 - Fri, Dec 9 2011

The 2011 International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium (ISDRS 2011) focuses on exploratory research in

2011 American Chemical Society Fellow - Laurie Locascio

The work they are doing will improve all of our lives as they unleash the power of chemistry to solve global challenges like providing clean

2011 Nobel Chemistry Prize - Daniel Shechtman

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2011 to Dan Shechtman -Technion - Israel

Mass Metrology

Description and Purpose: The Mass Metrology Seminar is a two-week, "hands-on" seminar. It incorporates approximately 30 percent lectures and...

Researchers Expand Capabilities of Miniature Analyzer for Complex Samples

August 30, 2011

It's not often that someone can claim that going from a positive to a negative is a step forward, but that's the case for a team of scientists from the National

Iron 'Veins' Are Secret of Promising New Hydrogen Storage Material

August 30, 2011

With a nod to biology, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have a new approach to the problem of safely storing hydrogen in

Ion Armageddon: Measuring the Impact Energy of Highly Charged Ions

August 30, 2011

Much like a meteor impacting a planet, highly charged ions hit really hard and can do a lot of damage, albeit on a much smaller scale. And much like geologists

Survey of Baldrige Examiners Reveals Current Perceptions of Performance

August 30, 2011

Management and non-management personnel across a broad cross-section of U.S. organizations see eye-to-eye on mission, customer focus and commitment to success

NIST/JQI Researcher Ian Spielman to Receive 2011 Junior BEC Award

August 30, 2011

Ian Spielman, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and fellow of the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaborative enterprise of

CNST and MML Researchers Demonstrate an Electrochromic Nanoplasmonic Optical Switch

August 31, 2011

In a recent article in Nano Letters,* CNST researchers describe a new high-contrast, low operating-voltage, electrochemical optical switch that uses a volume of

Two NIST Researchers named to 'Federal 100'

February 19, 2008

Douglas Montgomery and Stephen Quinn, two computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have been named to this year's

NIST Releases Three-Year Plan

February 19, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has delivered a three-year plan for its programs to Congress, as required by the America COMPETES Act

New Chair, Vice Chair Elected to NIST Policy Advisory Group

February 19, 2008

A new chair and vice chair have been elected to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), the

New NIST Video: Bill Phillips School Talk on the Science of Ultracold

February 19, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has produced a DVD of a presentation that Nobel laureate William Phillips, a physicist at NIST, gave

NIST Building Safety Efforts Mark Fifth Anniversary of R.I. Nightclub Fire

February 19, 2008

Five years ago on Feb. 20, 2003, pyrotechnics lit during a concert at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., started a rapidly spreading fire that caused

ZZnO nanowires to grow out of the circular copper substrate in all directions

Chemists Measure Copper Levels in Zinc Oxide Nanowires

February 19, 2008

Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been the first to measure significant amounts of copper incorporated into zinc oxide

NIST and PRO-TEC Officials at the Pro-Tec Manufacturing Facility in Leipsic, Ohio

High Tech in Rural America

August 26, 2011

That's right. Rural America is also high tech. From the plains of the heartland to the cattle lands of the West and the rolling hills of farmlands in the East

NIST Exhibits at 2011 National Educator's Workshop (NEW)

Sun, Oct 16 - Tue, Oct 18 2011

The National Educator's Workshop (NEW) series builds upon 26 years of annual workshops aimed at promoting science

Send for the Doctor--Surgery and Medical Care During the Civil War

Fri, Sep 9 2011

The lecture and slide show will focus on Dr. Edward Stonestreet's life and medical career as they related to the Civil

NIST Exhibits at 2011 SACNAS Conference

Thu, Oct 27 - Sun, Oct 30 2011

The Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National ConferenceAs one of the

Kinder, Gentler Cell Capture Method Could Aid Medical Research

August 16, 2011

A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has come up with a potential solution to a two-pronged problem in medical research

Worker looks over the disaster site at New York City's World Trade Center

New Website Offers Easy Access to NIST Disaster and Failure Study Data

August 16, 2011

For more than 40 years, scientists and engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have studied structural failures caused by natural

Greenhouse Gases: The Measurement Challenge

August 16, 2011

The continuing increase in the level of carbon dioxide and other "greenhouse gases" in the Earth's atmosphere has been identified as a cause for serious concern

May Named as NIST's Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

August 16, 2011

Willie E. May, a 40-year veteran of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been named to serve as the agency's Associate Director for

May, Locascio Honored as ACS Fellows

August 16, 2011

Two distinguished scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Willie E. May and Laurie E. Locascio, have been named fellows of the

Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop IV

Wed, Nov 2 - Fri, Nov 4 2011

NIST announces the Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop IV to be held on November 2, 3 and 4, 2011. This workshop will

NIST WTC 7 Investigation Finds Building Fires Caused Collapse

August 21, 2008

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The fall of the 47-story World Trade Center building 7 (WTC 7) in New York City late in the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, was primarily due to

NIST to Hold Public Meeting on WTC Investigation in NYC on February 12

February 12, 2004

Location: New York Marriott Financial Center Hotel, 85 West Street, New York, NY Meeting agenda The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and

NIST Details First-Person Data Collection Projects for WTC Investigation

September 17, 2003

At a press briefing in New York City today, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) detailed its plans to collect first

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