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NIST Acting Director Turner Testifies on FY 2009 Budget Request

March 18, 2008

On March 11, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acting Director James Turner testified before the committees of the Senate and House on the...

NIST Votes for U.S. 'Approval with Comments' on Office Open XML Standard to Meet International Voting Deadline

August 31, 2007

In preparation for the September 2 international voting deadline, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has supported...

NIST Votes for U.S. Approval of the Modified Office Open XML Standard

March 18, 2008

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has voted for U.S. approval of a modified version of the proposed international...

Award Recognizes Work of NIST Information Services Group

April 29, 2008

The NIST Information Services Division received a 2007 Silver Maryland Quality Award on Monday, April 7, 2008 at the University of Maryland in College Park. The...

NIST Signs Cooperative Agreement with U-Albany Nano College

April 29, 2008

On April 21, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the College of Nanoscale Science and...

NIST World Metrology Day Forum Focuses on Anti-Doping Advances

April 29, 2008

Thomas Hicks won the 1904 Olympic Games marathon in St. Louis, Mo., with a little help from his friends—two doses of strychnine, raw eggs and a brandy chaser...

Grant Proposals Sought for Construction of Science Research Buildings

May 28, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks grant proposals for the construction of science research buildings from institutions of higher...

Artist rendition of a tiny robot approaching a malfunctioning red blood cell

Learn About 'NIST and Nanosoccer' from New Web Site and Video

May 28, 2008

If you love soccer but don't want to wait until the next World Cup in 2010 to satisfy your appetite for the most popular game on Earth, the National Institute...

Spotlight on Commerce: Phillip Singerman, Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

July 15, 2011

Ed. Note: This post is part of the Spotlight on Commerce series, which highlights members of the Department of Commerce who are contributing to the president's...

Prompt Gamma-Ray Activation Analysis (PGAA)

Prompt gamma-ray activation analysis is a measurement technique for nondestructive elemental analysis. Samples are irradiated by a beam of neutrons inducing

University of Maryland and CNST Collaborators Publish a Comprehensive Overview of Electronic Transport in Graphene

July 13, 2011

Researchers from the University of Maryland and the CNST's Shaffique Adam have recently published a detailed review of the electronic transport properties of...

2012 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'12) Workshop

Tue, Mar 20 - Thu, Mar 22 2012

The 2012 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'12) Workshop will be the eleventh in a series of workshops

Graphene: What Can Go Wrong? New Studies Point to Wrinkles, Process Contaminants

July 6, 2011

Using a combination of sophisticated computer modeling and advanced materials analysis techniques at synchrotron laboratories, a research team led by the...

Promising Fire Retardant Results When Clay Nanofiller Has Space

July 6, 2011

If materials scientists accompanied their research with theme songs, a team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of...

NIST researcher with metal stamping equipment

New Study Examines Methods for Technology Transfer from Government Labs to Industry

July 6, 2011

A new report* sponsored by the U.S. Commerce Department (DOC)—the results of the first independent study of its kind in almost 10 years—describes both barriers...

Help Wanted: NIST Conducting Nationwide Search for New Director of Technology Innovation Program

July 6, 2011

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking qualified candidates to lead the Technology Innovation Program (TIP). Established in 2007...

NIST and Researcher Butler Recognized for Forensic Science Citations

July 6, 2011

When ScienceWatch.com, a Thomson Reuters web resource for measuring and analyzing science trends, recently listed the most influential institutions and...

CNST's Kartik Srinivasan Receives Sigma Xi Young Scientist Award

July 6, 2011

CNST researcher Kartik Srinivasan was honored with the Sigma Xi Young Scientist Award for 2011. He shared this prestigious prize with Sheng Lin-Gibson, Acting...

7th Annual IT Security Automation Conference

Mon, Oct 31 - Wed, Nov 2 2011

The 7th Annual IT Security Automation Conference, hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, in

ITL and Computer Security Division Hosts a Booth at the FOSE 2011 Conference and Exposition

Tue, Jul 19 - Thu, Jul 21 2011

The IT Laboratory oversees a research program designed to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by

Non-Invasive Attack Testing Workshop

Sun, Sep 25 - Tue, Sep 27 2011

To encourage development of test methods, metrics and tools for evaluating the effectiveness of mitigations against non

NIST Selects First Chief Manufacturing Officer

July 8, 2011

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced that manufacturing industry executive Michael F. Molnar has been appointed to be the...

Study Highlights Diversity in Agency Technology Transfer Approaches

June 30, 2011

A new report* sponsored by the U.S. Commerce Department (DOC)—the results of the first independent study of its kind in almost 10 years—describes both barriers...

OSG multi-card scaling problem

We have observed a problem with OpenSceneGraph (OSG) in which parallel, multi-threaded, applications do not scale properly to multiple...

Graphene Materials in the Flatland

Tue, Jul 26 2011

The 2-dimensional material called graphene remained undiscovered until a few years ago. In fact, there exists a whole

CNST Researchers Demonstrate Electo-Optic Modulation of Single Photons from a Quantum Dot

June 29, 2011

In a recent article in Applied Physics Letters,* CNST researchers demonstrated how commercially available electro-optic modulators can be used to tailor the...

President Obama Launches Advanced Manufacturing Partnership

June 24, 2011

Today President Obama announced a new initiative, the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry, universities, and...

Measurement Methods for Complex Fluid Formulation

May 5, 2011

On May 3, 2011, the Complex Fluids Group and the Microrheometry Project hosted a meeting with manufacturers (in the United States and United Kingdom) to discuss...

July 26 & 27, 2011 TGDC Meeting

Tue, Jul 26 - Wed, Jul 27 2011

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

John Cahn to Receive 2011 Kyoto Prize For Fundamental Contributions to Materials Science

June 24, 2011

John Cahn, an emeritus senior fellow and materials scientist at the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was named...

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