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Sonics VC-375 Ultrasonic Processor

The Sonics VC-375 is an ultrasonic generator which converts 50/60 Hz voltage to high frequency electrical energy. This alternating voltage is applied to disc

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 water, sufficient food, new energy sources, and cures for disease. But that's not all they're also organizing...
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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 Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel "for the discovery of quasicrystals." NIST Colleagues Congratulate Shechtman...
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Mass Metrology

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

Two NIST Researchers named to 'Federal 100'

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

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...
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