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NIST Names Hockert Chief of Weights and Measures

January 17, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced Jan. 10 that Carol Hockert has been selected as the new chief of the NIST Weights and...

NIST Summer Research Jobs, Applications Due Feb. 15

January 17, 2006

This summer the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will again provide about 125 full-time undergraduate research fellowships for college...

Updated Federal Guide on Cryptography Available

January 17, 2006

In an increasingly open environment of interconnected computer systems and networks, security is essential to ensure that information remains confidential, is...

Helping Small Firms Run Large Supply Chains

January 17, 2006

Big manufacturing jobs, especially those in the defense industry that involve management of extensive supply chains, often require resources and expertise that...

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security Workshop

Fri, Sep 24 2010

NIST will hold an Industrial Control Systems Security Workshop at the Hilton Washington DC/Rockville Hotel & Executive

New Web-based System Leads to Better, More Timely Data

October 26, 2006

After two years of work, an innovative project using Web-based technologies to speed researcher access to a large body of new scientific data has demonstrated...

NIST Physicist Wins APS Keithley Award

November 22, 2006

The American Physical Society (APS) has named National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicist Kent Irwin as the recipient of the society's 2007...

Publications and Documentary Standards

OWM produces publications, technical guidance documents, and documentary standards on legal metrology, laws, regulations, measurement...

December Workshop Focuses on Advancing Telemedicine

November 22, 2006

Telemedicine, the electronic exchange of medical information, can have a tremendous impact on the accessibility, quality and cost of healthcare. But the...

High Performance Computing

Our High Performance Computing (HPC) program enables work on challenging problems that are beyond the capacity and capability of desktop computing resources

Visualization

ITL researchers realize that visualization of scientific data can provide an understanding of the phenomenon or data being studied. Visualization can be

Comparison of Internet Congestion-Control Algorithms

A Complex System is any structure, process, organization, or organism characterized by a large number of interconnected components whose micro-interactions lead

NIST, NTIA Seek Collaborators for Emergency Communications Demo Network

October 13, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) are seeking partners in the...

NIST Sponsors Second Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop Nov. 4-5

October 13, 2010

On November 4 and 5, 2010, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop II to give government and...

New Look at Multitalented Protein Sheds Light on Mysteries of HIV

October 13, 2010

New insights into the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection process, which leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), may now be possible...

NIST Releases 2009 Department of Commerce Technology Transfer Report

October 13, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the 2009 Technology Transfer Report, an annual report summarizing the technology transfer...

Faster CARS, Less Damage: NIST Chemical Microscopy Shows Potential for Cell Diagnostics

October 13, 2010

A paper by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may breathe new life into the use of a powerful—but tricky—diagnostic...

This Little Light of Mine: Changing the Color of Single Photons Emitted by Quantum Dots

October 13, 2010

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated* for the first time the conversion of near-infrared 1,300 nm...

Popular Science Magazine Names Spielman One of Science's 'Brilliant Ten'

October 13, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Ian Spielman is highlighted in the November, 2010, issue of Popular Science, where the magazine's editors...

NIST Researcher Wins Presidential Award for Green Innovation

October 13, 2010

Barbara Lippiatt, a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is one of eight winners of the 2010 GreenGov Presidential Awards...

NIST's Arnold Receives Award for Smart Grid Leadership

October 13, 2010

George Arnold of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been honored with a 2010 GridWeek Award for his work in advancing international...

Deadline Extended for Entering NIST Microrobotics Challenge

December 15, 2009

An article in the Oct. 20, 2009, issue of NIST Tech Beat, "Is Your Microrobot Up for the (NIST) Challenge?", invited university and collegiate student teams...

Five Organizations Honored with 2009 Baldrige National Quality Award

December 15, 2009

President Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced on Dec. 7, 2009, that five organizations have been named the recipients of the 2009 Malcolm...

Among Apes, Teeth Are Made for the Toughest Times

December 15, 2009

The teeth of some apes are formed primarily to handle the most stressful times when food is scarce, according to new research performed at the National...

NIST Technology Program Announces 20 Research Project Awards

December 15, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced funding for 20 new research projects under its Technology Innovation Program (TIP)...

NIST Workshop on Wires, Whiskers and Walls: Energy Applications at the Nanoscale

Thu, Sep 30 - Fri, Oct 1 2010

To gather computational materials scientists and experimentalists to discuss material nanostructure with applications to

$123 Million in Grants Will Fund New Research Facilities

January 12, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week announced grants totaling more than $123 million to 11 universities and a non-profit...

Smart Grid Interoperability Testbed Facility

NIST is charged by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) with facilitation of interoperability standards to enable successful implementation of

Enhanced Air Quality Modeling Software Available

November 22, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently announced that an enhanced version of its CONTAM indoor air quality modeling software is now...

Decimals Score a Point on International Standards

November 22, 2006

We're in the end game. It soon may be possible to write international standards documents with decimal points in them. The issue is more than academic—it can...

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