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Comments Sought on Revision of Federal ID Standard

September 9, 2005

The National Institute of Standards and Technology would like comments on proposed changes to a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) issued in...

A New Structural View of Organic Electronic Devices

September 9, 2005

Although still in the qualifying rounds, U.S. researchers are helping manufacturers win the race to develop low-cost ways to commercialize a multitude of...

Biometric Consortium Conferences Presentations

2011 September 28th - Tampa, Florida NIST Session - Intro - Mr. Michael Garris IREX III Performance of 1:N Iris Recognition Algorithms - Mr...

Meeting on New Technologies and Radiation Measurements

September 23, 2005

The impact of new technologies on radiation measurements and standards will be the focus of the 14th annual conference of the Council on Ionizing Radiation...

The New Steel? Enabling the Carbon Nanomaterials Revolution: Markets, Metrology, Safety, and Scale-up

Mon, Feb 28 - Tue, Mar 1 2011

Adding nanostructured forms of carbon to many host materials can dramatically enhance the resulting composite mechanical

Why Climate Science Doesn't Unite Us But Energy Technology Does

Fri, Dec 17 2010

Climate science was supposed to unite peoples across ideological and national boundaries. Instead, America's two

Nanoscale Spectroscopy for Advanced Electronics, Quantum Materials and Devices

Our goal is to advance nanoelectronic/quantum materials and devices by developing the nanoscale spectroscopic metrology to measure thermal, optical

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

NIST's New Scanning Probe Microscope is Supercool

December 8, 2010

The discoveries of superconductivity, the quantum Hall effect and the fractional quantum Hall effect were all the result of measurements made at increasingly...

NIST Partners with ONC and AHRQ to Deliver Guidance on Electronic Health Record Usability

December 8, 2010

Two new publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are intended to help developers of software and computer systems for doctors...

Financial Services Sector Signs Cybersecurity Research Agreement with NIST, DHS

December 8, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has joined in a new public-private partnership to spur cybersecurity innovation in the financial...

NIST Team Awarded Millions of Supercomputing Hours, Aims for 'Concrete Results'

December 8, 2010

When you spot laborers pouring concrete for a new building or bridge, it may not occur to you that they are working with a substance so complex that it requires...

NVLAP Recognized by ENERGY STAR

December 8, 2010

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

New Round of NIST-ARRA Fellowships Announced

December 8, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's American Recovery and Reinvestment (NIST-ARRA) Act Measurement Science and Engineering Fellowship Program...

Fiery Video Shows Moisture is Main Ingredient for a Safe Christmas Tree

December 8, 2010

Once ignited, a dry Fraser fir, one of the most popular Christmas tree choices, bursts into flames in less than 7 seconds, and it will be consumed by fire in...

Theorists Find Generalized Connection Between Spin Currents, Magnetic Torques, and Mechanical Torques

December 8, 2010

Paul Haney and Mark Stiles of the CNST have developed a theory of current-induced torques that generalizes the relationship between spin transfer torques, total...

9th International Temperature Symposium

Mon, Mar 19 - Fri, Mar 23 2012

The International Temperature Symposia are held every 10 years as major technical conferences highlighting the

Face Recognition Grand Challenge (FRGC)

The primary goal of the FRGC was to promote and advance face recognition technology designed to support existing face recognition efforts in the U.S. Government

HPCVG News

ITL/EL Team Awarded 30M Hours of Supercomputer Time to Study Properties of Dense Suspensions ITL/EL Team Receives Supercomputer Time to...

Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 2006

Introduction The Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 2006 was the latest in a series of large scale independent evaluations for face...

Breeding and Building Molecules To Spy on Cells and Tumors

Fri, Dec 10 2010

To circumvent the limited spatial resolution of fluorescent protein imaging, we are developing genetically encoded tags

Department of Homeland Security Response Robot Performance Standards

FEMA Responders often face daunting challenges during search and rescue tasks in dangerous environments. As such, the concept of including robots as a part of

Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory

The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) project develops and integrates state-of-the-art computational materials science tools into a user

25th NIST Computer Modeling Workshop

Mon, Jun 9 - Tue, Jun 10 2014

Both computational modeling and experimental measurements are crucial for improving the assured delivery, performance

Multilingual Automatic Document Classification and Translation Evaluation

The Multilingual Automatic Document Classification Analysis and Translation (MADCAT) program is a five-year DARPA research program whose...

Machine Translation Evaluation for GALE

The Multimodal Information Group in the Information Technology Laboratory's Information Access Division at NIST is undertaking the...

First Set of Baldrige Criteria for 2011-2012 Now Online

December 3, 2010

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has announced that the 2011-2012 Criteria for Performance Excellence for businesses and nonprofit organizations are...

Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 2002

Introduction Face Recognition Vendor Tests (FRVT) provide independent government evaluations of commercially available and mature prototype...

Federal Cryptography Guide Available for Comment

October 7, 2005

Today, federal agencies use computer systems and networks to store information and to interact with industry, private citizens and other governments both in...

Simulations Predict Savings From More Airtight Buildings

October 7, 2005

U.S. commercial building owners could save substantially on annual heating and cooling energy costs by improving airtightness of their buildings' envelope...

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