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New Targets May Hit Bull's-Eye for Chip Makers

December 7, 2006

The bull's-eye solution to the semiconductor industry's hunt for more exact means to measure the relative positions of ever-tinier devices squeezed by the...

Unusually Stable Glasses May Benefit Drugs, Coatings

December 7, 2006

Just spray and chill. That sums up a new approach to making remarkably stable glassy materials from organic (carbon-containing) molecules that could lead to...

Participants Wanted for 2007 Text Retrieval Trials

December 21, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking participants for its upcoming Text Retrieval Conference—TREC 2007. Since 1992, TREC has...

Tool Helps Write Rules for XML Communication

December 21, 2006

If you have done an Internet search, bought anything from a Web site or subscribed to a news alert service, chances are you used a special computer document...

2007 Baldrige Criteria for Excellence Now Available

December 21, 2006

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Criteria are the basis for a Baldrige Award application, but in addition, thousands of organizations use them to assess...

NIST issues revised version of Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems

December 21, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a revised version of Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems (NIST...

NIST Identifies Five "Foundational" Smart Grid Standards

October 7, 2010

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has advised the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that it has...

Fourteen Prepare for Baldrige Site Visits

September 27, 2007

Starting in mid-October, teams of business, education, health care and nonprofit experts will visit 14 organizations as the final review stage for the 2007...

Experts to Review Life-Saving Homeland Security Standards

September 27, 2007

The terrorist threat to the global transportation system, private-sector implementation of the preparedness provisions of the 9/11 Commission recommendations...

NIST Helps Plan Measurement Standards for the Hydrogen Economy

September 27, 2007

How do you conveniently measure something that not only is 14 times lighter than air but also invisible? That's just one of the tasks National Institute of...

How to Protect Your Web Server from Attacks

October 11, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new publication that provides detailed tips on how to make web servers more resistant...

NIST Physicist Honored for Measuring Forces between Ultra-cool Atoms

October 25, 2007

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has named NIST physicist Paul D. Lett as one of its new fellows. AAAS cites Lett for his work in...

NIST Staff Honored in 2007 Presidential Rank Awards

October 25, 2007

Four members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) staff have been honored in the 2007 Presidential Rank Awards. The awards recognize...

Framework Document on Cybersecurity Open for Public Comment

October 25, 2007

Widely recognized as the engine that drives the U.S. economy, information technology enables the vast majority of organizations to carry out their missions and...

New SRM Allows Accurate Accounting of Forensic DNA

October 25, 2007

Thanks to the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a method for making multiple copies of DNA fragments, even tiny bits of biological evidence (in the form of hair...

Baldrige Program Name Change Emphasizes Performance Excellence

October 5, 2010

After 23 years as the "Baldrige National Quality Program," the nation's public-private partnership dedicated to performance excellence has decided to highlight...

Elevators Seen as Playing Hi-Rise Fire Evacuation Role

October 25, 2007

"In case of fire use the stairs, not the elevator"—appears on signs posted in elevator lobbies throughout the United States. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001...

NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership Awards $9.1 Million for 22 Projects to Enhance U.S. Manufacturers' Global Competitiveness

October 5, 2010

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) today announced $9.1 million in...

Modern Day Alchemy with Metamaterials Invisibility Cloaks and Superlenses

Fri, Oct 15 2010

Controlling light by bending space? Science fiction? Is it something just for magicians and imaginary heroes like Harry

Improving Clinical Laboratory Testing through Harmonization: An International Forum

Tue, Oct 26 - Wed, Oct 27 2010

The AACC and NIST is hosting an invitation-only conference on global harmonization of results from clinical laboratory

Building Integration of Micro-Generation Technologies Seminar

Wed, Oct 27 2010

In conjunction with Annex 54 (www.iea-annex54.org) of the International Energy Agency's Energy Conservation in Building

Design and Analysis of Key Comparisons

With the signing of the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA), National Metrology Institutes (NMI's) and Regional Metrology Organizations (RMO's) around the

NRC Postdoctoral Associate Program

Statisticians and probabilists who are motivated and capable of pursuing independent studies are encouraged to consider postdoctoral research opportunities

Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology Awards $50 Million in Grants for the Construction of Five Science Facilities

September 29, 2010

WASHINGTON, D.C.–The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today awarded a total of $50 million in grants to five...

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Gaithersburg

New Targets May Hit Bull's-Eye for Chip Makers

Unusually Stable Glasses May Benefit Drugs, Coatings

Participants Wanted for 2007 Text Retrieval Trials

Tool Helps Write Rules for XML Communication

2007 Baldrige Criteria for Excellence Now Available

NIST issues revised version of Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems

NIST Identifies Five "Foundational" Smart Grid Standards

Fourteen Prepare for Baldrige Site Visits

Experts to Review Life-Saving Homeland Security Standards

NIST Helps Plan Measurement Standards for the Hydrogen Economy

How to Protect Your Web Server from Attacks

NIST Physicist Honored for Measuring Forces between Ultra-cool Atoms

NIST Staff Honored in 2007 Presidential Rank Awards

Framework Document on Cybersecurity Open for Public Comment

New SRM Allows Accurate Accounting of Forensic DNA

Baldrige Program Name Change Emphasizes Performance Excellence

Elevators Seen as Playing Hi-Rise Fire Evacuation Role

NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership Awards $9.1 Million for 22 Projects to Enhance U.S. Manufacturers' Global Competitiveness

Modern Day Alchemy with Metamaterials Invisibility Cloaks and Superlenses

Improving Clinical Laboratory Testing through Harmonization: An International Forum

Building Integration of Micro-Generation Technologies Seminar

Design and Analysis of Key Comparisons

NRC Postdoctoral Associate Program

Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology Awards $50 Million in Grants for the Construction of Five Science Facilities

A Guide to U.S. Retail Pricing Laws and Regulations

NIST Strengthens Laboratory Mission Focus with New Structure

NIST 'Vision Science Facility' Aims for Lighting Revolution

New NIST 'Standard Cigarette' Available for Fire-Resistance Testing

Growing Nanowires Horizontally Yields New Benefit: 'Nano-LEDs'

NIST Residential Fire Study Education Kit Now Available