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NIST Seeks Suggestions for Future R&D Funding Areas

September 16, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting suggestions on areas of critical national and societal needs that could be addressed by...

NIST and Partners Identify Tiny Gold Clusters as Top-Notch Catalysts

September 16, 2008

For most of us, gold is only valuable if we possess it in large-sized pieces. However, the "bigger is better" rule isn't the case for those interested in...

Four New Members Named to NIST's Technology Advisory Committee

April 5, 2004

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acting Director Hratch Semerjian has named four distinguished industry and...

NIST Issues Final Guidelines on Computer Security Controls for Federal Systems

February 28, 2005

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released its final version of recommended security controls for federal...

Commerce's NIST Seeks Comments on Draft Information Security Standard

July 15, 2005

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—Computer scientists at the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released for public comment...

Evans Releases Report on Reducing Standards-Related Barriers to U.S. Exports Through Enhanced Department of Commerce Standards Activities

May 18, 2004

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans released a report today to reduce standards-related trade barriers and called for broader collaboration...

NIST metallurgist Robert Shull loads a sample into an ultracold chamber to measure its promise as a magnetic refrigerant.

NIST Research Reveals Tiny Iron Supplement Has 'Chilling' Effect That Bodes Well for Magnetic Refrigeration

June 23, 2004

A pinch of iron dramatically boosts the cooling performance of a material considered key to the development of magnetic refrigerators, report researchers at the...

NIST Study Shows Computerized Fingerprint Matching Is Highly Accurate

July 6, 2004

Computerized systems that automatically match fingerprints have become so sophisticated that the best of them are accurate more than 99 percent of the time...

Thirteen to Receive Baldrige Site Visits

September 16, 2008

Starting in mid-October, teams of business, education, health care and nonprofit experts will visit 13 organizations as the final review stage for the 2008...

Image of the Virtual Cybernetic Building Test Bed

NIST Research Leads to Revisions in California Building Code

September 16, 2008

In August, California revised its Title 24 Building Standards Code to incorporate use of the automated fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) technology...

Microtomography image of the pore structure of a fireproofing material

Baked Slug—New Method to Test Fireproofing Material

October 1, 2008

In a high-temperature blaze, how well does a fireproofing material shield a building's important steel structures from heat? Answering this question has been...

Moths with a Nose for Learning

October 1, 2008

Much like Pavlov conditioned his dog to salivate in anticipation of food when a bell rang, insects can be trained to perform certain behaviors when enticed with...

Illustration of the anatomy of an electric eel

Models of Eel Cells Suggest Electrifying Possibilities

October 1, 2008

Engineers long have known that great ideas can be lifted from Mother Nature, but a new paper by researchers at Yale University and the National Institute of...

Colorized micrograph of a nanoporous insulation film after "wrinkling" with a new NIST measurement method.

NIST Testing Method Quickly Tells Whether Thin Films Are Strong Enough for the Job

July 12, 2004

The challenge of determining whether thin films—some no thicker than a single molecule—are strong enough for a growing number of important technology jobs just...

New Building Code Revisions Adopt NIST Recommendations from WTC Study

October 1, 2008

Future buildings—especially tall structures—should be increasingly resistant to fire, more easily evacuated in emergencies, and safer overall thanks to 23 major...

Gebbie Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

October 14, 2008

Katharine B. Gebbie, director of the Physics Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), was inducted as a member of the 228th...

Updated Specification Issued for PIV Card Implementations

October 14, 2008

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists have released an updated technical specification for Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards...

Gold Nanostars Outshine the Competition

October 14, 2008

Novel nanoparticles being tested at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have researchers seeing stars. In a recent paper, NIST scientists...

Wireless QKD Demonstrated

Home Publications Links Collaborations Team Developments Opportunities Wireless QKD demonstrated by ITL and PL researchers NIST System Sets...

Federal Investigators Classify WTC Victims' Locations Within Collapsed Buildings

July 20, 2004

As part of its building and fire safety investigation of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and...

Longer is Better for Nanotube Optical Properties

August 30, 2007

If you want to exploit the ability of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) to absorb, fluoresce and scatter light, take the advice of a sandlot quarterback...

Study: Cells Selectively Absorb Short Nanotubes

March 30, 2007

DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) shorter than about 200 nanometers readily enter into human lung cells and so may pose an increased risk to...

Spin Control: New Technique Sorts Nanotubes by Length

May 13, 2008

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have reported a new technique to sort batches of carbon nanotubes by length using high...

SEM image demonstrates a pseudo 2D network of carbon nanotubes deposited like paper fibers in a thin, sparse sheet.

Paperwork: Buckypapers Clarify Electrical, Optical Behavior of Nanotubes

October 14, 2008

Using highly uniform samples of carbon nanotubes—sorted by centrifuge for length—materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Ontology for Mapping Platform Configuration in Security Properties

E-commerce transactions use client server applications that involve a service requestor and one or more service providers. To obtain assurance that the

Security for Internet Systems and IETF

The field of security metrology is early in its development. Organizations collect many individual measures, but often do not understand how to analyze those

Technical Security Guidance Program

Security is becoming increasingly complicated and difficult both on technical grounds and on policy grounds. Technically, Federal agencies and other have to

Security Content Automation Protocol

The Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) is a synthesis of interoperable specifications derived from community ideas. Community participation is a great

Expert Reviewers Wanted for 2009 Baldrige Award Process

October 28, 2008

Each year the Baldrige Program recruits experts from business, education organizations, health care providers, nonprofits and other groups to serve on the Board...

Joseph Stroscio Receives AVS Nanotechnology Recognition Award

December 21, 2009

NIST Fellow Joseph Stroscio was honored with the 2009 Nanotechnology Recognition Award at the AVS 56th International Symposium in San Jose, California on...

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