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The Production Systems Group supports the missions of the Engineering Laboratory and the Intelligent Systems Division by conducting research and development in the areas of measurement methods, models, instrumentation, sensors, and data to improve scientific understanding and control of
Before ditching or donating that used computer, CD or other data-storage media, sensitive or personal information should be properly "sanitized," according to a...
The 1995 bombing that triggered the collapse of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla., first raised concerns in the United States about...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened a new competition for grants for the construction of new or expanded scientific research...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, is...
Chemical engineers and others designing "green" industrial processes using new ionic liquid solvents now have an important new resource, an on-line database of...
Green laser pointers have become a popular consumer item, delivering light that's brighter to the eye than red lasers, but stories have circulated on the Web...
A wrench or a screwdriver of a single size is useful for some jobs, but for a more complicated project, you need a set of tools of different sizes. Following...
Nothing beats the feeling of starting up a new computer – be it a laptop, desktop or a major, custom-designed computing system. A new system is a blank slate...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting nominations of qualified individuals for its nine existing Federal Advisory Committees...
The Commerce Department has published a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on "Cybersecurity, Innovation, and Internet Policy." The department seeks comments from all...
A comprehensive review of the nexus between cybersecurity challenges in the commercial sector and innovation in the Internet economy that is being conducted by...
At dusk, a car stops at a checkpoint in Afghanistan. It is a tense moment for all. Because an interpreter is not available, U.S. Marines use hand gestures to...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued draft recommendations for securely configuring and using full virtualization technologies...
The Economy, Energy, and Environment (E3) Initiative, a collaborative effort involving five federal agencies, state and local governments, utilities, and...
The Baldrige Fellows, an executive development program centered on forming relationships with and learning from Baldrige National Quality Award recipient...
On July 15, 2010, two Department of Commerce Agencies—the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Telecommunications and...
A radical, new method developed at NIST that transforms the humble, ubiquitous and inexpensive optical microscope into a powerful three-dimensional nanoscale...
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology said today that investing in quality management can result in an impressive payoff...
Photos from ceremony Remarks by the President President George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Don Evans today honored five organizations, including the first in...
President Clinton and Commerce Secretary Norman Mineta today announced two manufacturers, a water treatment company, and a bank as winners of the 2000 Malcolm...
THE WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT Office of the Press Secretary The President today announced the 1999 winners of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Four...
President Clinton and Commerce Secretary William M. Daley today announced two manufacturers and two service companies as winners of the 1999 Malcolm Baldrige...
Using electromagnetic simulations, researchers from the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have shown that fiber taper waveguides can be a very...
A team of NIST researchers from the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) and the Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) have measured...
A computer security invention patented a decade ago at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now poised to help safeguard patient privacy...
Inspired by last year's successful first try at a "virtual improvement day," the Baldrige National Quality Program (BNQP) is planning two online events this...