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Metal Detectives: New Book Details Titanic Investigation

April 15, 2008

In February 1998, Timothy Foecke, a metallurgist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), published a rather low-key "interagency report"

Technology Grants Program to Offer Webcast Series

April 15, 2008

The new Technology Innovation Program (TIP) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is launching a series of webcasts to inform interested parties

Comments Requested on Risk Management Publication

April 15, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the second public draft of NIST Special Publication 800-39, Managing Risk from

Comments Requested on Draft Earthquake Hazards Plan

April 15, 2008

Earthquakes cannot be prevented, but their impacts on life, property and the economy can and should be managed. That's the challenge that Congress has given the

Figure 1. Class of optical setup considered in this work. The aperture can be limiting (as shown in this case) or nonlimiting.

Diffraction effects in radiometry

We want to quantify the breakdown of geometrical optics when computing the throughput of optical systems for the purpose of calculating "diffraction corrections

Mathematics of Metrology: Foundations and Applications

We are developing fundamental mathematical methods and analytical tools necessary for NIST to continue as a world-class metrology institute, and applying them

NIST's World Trade Center Investigation

September 8, 2006

(9/8/2006, ARCHIVE, incorporated into 9/19/2011 update) What is NIST? The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the Commerce

Commerce's NIST Details Federal Investigation of World Trade Center Collapse

August 21, 2002

More information on the investigation is available at http://wtc.nist.gov. The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today

Researchers Say 'Frustrated Magnets' Hint at Broader Organizing Principle in Nature

August 22, 2002

When "frustrated" by their arrangement, magnetic atoms surrender their individuality, stop competing with their neighbors and then practice a group version of

NIST SBIR Manufacturing Related Emphasis

Manufacturing-related R&D Emphasis in SBIR Executive Order (E.O.) 13329 requires Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) agencies, to...

Autonomous Robots Journal, Special Issue

January 14, 2010

Autonomous Robots Volume 27, Number 4, November 2009 Special Issue: Characterizing Mobile Robot Localization and Mapping Guest Editors: Raj Madhavan, Chris

How Cold! New Partnership to Use Chilled Neutrons to Solve Cell Membrane Puzzles

February 19, 2002

Cell membrane researchers are eagerly bracing for a long-awaited cold wave. A new partnership involving the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST

Foundations of Measurement Science for Information Systems

There are no metrics today which can accurately assess the reliability of large-scale information systems either before or after deployment. In this program, we

Researchers John Roberts and Oliver Slattery using the tactile graphic display device

Commerce's NIST and National Federation of the Blind Cooperate on Development of Technology that Allows the Blind to 'Feel' Electronic Images

October 24, 2002

Deputy Secretary of Commerce Sam Bodman and National Federation of the Blind (NFB) President Marc Maurer today announced that the Commerce Department's National

Survey Finds Small Manufacturers Are More Competitive, Productive Thanks to NIST MEP

February 14, 2001

Small manufacturing clients of the nationwide Manufacturing Extension Partnership are saving money, creating new jobs, and increasing and retaining sales at a

e-Statistics

Develop NIST standard reference tools to implement core statistics and metrology computations.

Atomic Wavefunctions

NIST scientists are actively developing new algorithms for extremely high-accuracy computation of non-relativistic eigenstates of few-electron atomic systems.

A NIST-developed, carbon nanotube-coated pyroelectric detector that may improve thermal conductivity and resistance to laser damage.

Laser Applications Heat Up for Carbon Nanotubes

January 26, 2005

Carbon nanotubes—a hot nanotechnology with many potential uses—may find one of its quickest applications in the next generation of standards for optical power

Scanning electron microscope image of 'cleaned' carbon nanotubes at NIST

Carbon Nanotube Measurements: Latest in NIST 'How-To' Series

April 15, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has published

NIST, Army Researchers Pave the Way for Anthrax Spore Standards

April 15, 2008

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Army Dugway (Utah) Proving Ground have developed reliable methods based

'Micro-boxes' of Water Used to Study Single Molecules

July 20, 2006

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the use of water droplets as minuscule "boxes" for small numbers of

Image of the creation of nanodrop 'test tubes'

'Nanodrop' Test Tubes Created with a Flip of a Switch

April 15, 2008

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new device that creates nanodroplet "test tubes" for studying

Novel Zigzag Shape Gives Sensors Magnetic Appeal

August 27, 2003

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed tiny magnetic sensors in a "zigzag" shape that are simpler in design and

Photo of the NIST chip-scale magnetometer

Chip-Scale Magnetic Sensor Draws on Mini Clock Design

December 29, 2004

A low-power, magnetic sensor about the size of a grain of rice that can detect magnetic field changes as small as 50 picoteslas—a million times weaker than the

colorized scanning electron micrograph shows a cube of germanium attached to a membrane.

Chip-scale Refrigerators Cool Bulk Objects

April 21, 2005

Chip-scale refrigerators capable of reaching temperatures as low as 100 milliKelvin have been used to cool bulk objects for the first time, researchers at the

The NIST "transition-edge sensor" is made of layers of molybdenum and copper with a coating of bismuth to increase the X-ray stopping power.

Copper Ridges Nearly Double X-ray Sensor Performance

November 17, 2005

A series of copper ridges nearly doubles the resolution of experimental X-ray sensors, enabling more precise identification of the X-ray "fingerprints" of

High-Flying Electrons May Provide New Test of Quantum Theory

April 29, 2008

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Max Planck Institute for Physics in Germany believe they can achieve a significant

Electron micrograph shows a cross-section of a typical SOG microcircuit feature.

Making a Good Impression: Nanoimprint Lithography Tests at NIST

April 29, 2008

In what should be good news for integrated circuit manufacturers, recent studies by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have helped

Designer Gradients Speed Surface Science Experiments

June 8, 2006

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an elegantly simple technique for synthesizing a wide variety of

New 3-D Test Method for Biomaterials 'Flat Out' Faster

April 29, 2008

A novel, three-dimensional (3-D) screening method for analyzing interactions between cells and new biomaterials could cut initial search times by more than half

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