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Gaithersburg

January 13 & 14, 2011 TGDC Meeting

Thu, Jan 13 - Fri, Jan 14 2011
Public meeting of the Technical Guidelines Development Committee. Topics to be discussed: UOCAVA Auditability Usability
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OWM Newsletter

NIST OWM provides a quarterly newsletter that provides articles of interest to the weights and measures community and shares news from...

nSoft

Connecting neutron measurements to plastics, chemical, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing

Is Smell a Quantum Phenomenon?

Fri, Jan 7 2011
Our sense of smell is extraordinarily good at molecular recognition: we can identify tens of thousands of odorants

NIST Special Publications (SP)

NIST SP 330: The International System of Units (SI) Editions: 2019 NIST SP 430 Household Weights and Measures Editions: 2004 NIST SP 447...

Machine Translation

The Multimodal Information Group's machine translation (MT) program includes several activities contributing to machine translation technology and metrology

Chromium Ions Focused to the Nanoscale

Using the NIST-invented magneto-optical trap ion source (MOTIS), CNST researchers recently took a significant step toward the goal of creating a more versatile

Improving Security of Handheld IT Devices

Handheld devices such as personal digital assistants are becoming indispensable tools for today's highly mobile workforce. Small and relatively inexpensive

Special Functions

This project will create a web-based portal enabling users to evaluate a large class of special functions to essentially arbitrary accuracy at user-defined

NVLAP Recognized by ENERGY STAR

ENERGY STAR, a program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE) to promote energy efficiency, has recognized the National
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