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Updated Computer Security Publication Focuses on Security Assessment Plans

July 6, 2010

After a public comment period, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published an updated set of guidelines for developing security...

National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee To Hold Second Meeting

Tue, Aug 26 - Wed, Aug 27 2003

The second meeting of the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee will be held at the Commerce

Commerce's NIST to Send Fire and Safety Experts to Rhode Island Fire Scene

February 21, 2003

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is sending fire and safety experts to W. Warwick, RI, to gather information and...

Legacy - PATRIOT Act Research

MINEX04 Website MINEX04 Summary Updated 3/16/2006 Ten Print Capture - Scanner & Software Requirements Workshop Presentations. Agenda-Welcome...

Computer model of fire at The Station nightclub after 90 seconds

NIST Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Investigation Team Calls for Improvements

March 3, 2004

Fact Sheet: Key Findings and Recommendations for Improvement; NIST Investigation of The Station Nightclub Fire Presentation on Draft Report on The Station...

Commerce's NIST Asks Public for Information on Rhode Island Nightclub Fire

November 25, 2003

Remarks by James Hill, Acting Director, Building and Fire Research Laboratory Remarks by William Grosshandler, Lead Investigator, Rhode Island Nighclub fire...

Fifteen to Receive Site Visits as Next Step Toward 2009 Baldrige Award

September 22, 2009

The Panel of Judges for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest recognition for organizational performance excellence, has selected 15...

October IT Security Automation Conference to Highlight Healthcare IT, Cloud Computing

September 22, 2009

The Fifth Annual IT Security Automation Conference, co-hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will focus on emerging technologies...

Mapping Nanoscale Variations in the Photoresponse of an Organic Solar Cell

June 28, 2010

CNST Researchers have combined scanning probe microscopy with novel nanofabrication and microtomy approaches to measure photocurrent variations with nanoscale...

Graphic showing a lipid bilayer membrane (blue) with an alpha-hemolysin nanopore

DNA Sieve: Nanoscale Pores Can Be Tiny Analysis Labs

May 10, 2007

Imagine being able to rapidly identify tiny biological molecules such as DNA and toxins using less than a drop of salt water in a system that can fit on a...

Nanopore-based single molecule mass spectrometry illustration

NIST Team Advances in Translating Language of Nanopores

June 23, 2010

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists have moved a step closer to developing the means for a rapid diagnostic blood test that can...

Depth Charge: Using Atomic Force Microscopy to Study Subsurface Structures

June 23, 2010

Over the past couple of decades, atomic force microscopy (AFM) has emerged as a powerful tool for imaging surfaces at astonishing resolutions—fractions of a...

detonation within a blast-resistant trash receptacle

Blast Resistance Standards For Trash Receptacles

June 23, 2010

With summer travel season hard upon us, specialists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have helped create two new standards designed...

Two NIST Researchers Earn Presidential Honors

August 3, 2006

The White House has announced that two researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are among the 56 recipients of the 2005...

Workshop Addresses Imaging Technology in Therapeutics

August 3, 2006

Increasingly, medical and pharmaceutical researchers are looking to biomedical imaging as a tool to track disease progress, speed drug discovery and improve...

juice cartons showing different kinds of labeling

Proposed Rules Would Allow Metric Only Labeling for Some Products

June 23, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued two publications calling for the amendment of labeling laws to allow the voluntary use of...

July 27 Stakeholder Meeting Addresses Cybersecurity and Innovation

June 23, 2010

As part of its initiative to ensure that the Internet continues to spawn growth and innovation, the Department of Commerce will hold a symposium on...

NIST Makes Changes to Key Security Publication

August 3, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on a draft revision of Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information...

National Initiative For Cybersecurity Education (NICE)ly Comes to You

June 23, 2010

Cybersecurity training is spreading from high-tech and government offices into high schools, libraries and workplaces near you. Called the National Initiative...

Links Between DNA Damage and Breast Cancer Studied

August 3, 2006

Researchers from the Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have uncovered a pattern of DNA...

Baldrige Recipients to Share 'Keys to Excellence' at Regional Conferences

June 23, 2010

Senior leaders from the five organizations selected for the 2009 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, as well as representatives from previous Award...

Fiftieth Anniversary of First Digital Image Marked

May 24, 2007

It was a grainy image of a baby—just 5 centimeters by 5 centimeters—but it turned out to be the well from which satellite imaging, CAT scans, bar codes on...

Ethel Marden at the controls of the SEAC

Pioneer NIST Computer Remembered on 60th Anniversary

June 23, 2010

Sixty years ago this week, the National Bureau of Standards (NBS, now known as the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST) informed the nation...

NIST Fellow Applications Now Being Accepted

June 23, 2010

Applications for National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) measurement science and engineering fellowships—for graduate, post-doctoral and senior...

Five NIST Scientists Win Flemming Awards

June 23, 2010

Five National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers are among the winners of the prestigious 2009 Arthur S. Flemming Awards. The winners were...

NIST Director Testifies on Voting Machine Standards

July 20, 2006

On July 19, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Director Bill Jeffrey testified before the House Committee on Science and the Committee on...

NIST Can Help You 'MBARK' onto Better Biometric Systems

July 20, 2006

Once a tool primarily used by law enforcement to help identify criminals, biometric technologies increasingly are being used by government and the private...

Road to AC Voltage Standard Leads to Important Junction

July 20, 2006

After 10 years of research, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled the world's first precision instrument for directly measuring...

Rust Never Sleeps: New SRM Aids Coated Steel Industry

July 6, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new reference material to aid quality control in the steel coatings industry. The new...

Researchers Peg Magnetism as Key Driver of High-Temperature Superconductivity

July 6, 2006

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—When it comes to superconductivity, magnetic excitations may top good vibrations. Writing in the July 6, 2006, issue of Nature, scientists...

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