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Flame Retardant Exposure Linked to House Dust

December 29, 2004

Common house dust may be an important source of a potentially dangerous class of chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), according to an...

Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

March 29, 2002

I. BACKGROUND Every year, millions of Americans face disaster, and its terrifying consequences. Natural perils of extreme winds, fires, earthquakes, floods...

NIST, FEMA Strengthen Disaster Response and Research Capabilities

March 29, 2002

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced the signing...

Optical medical imaging

The Optical Medical Imaging project was established to advance the application of optical imaging in surgical, clinical, and medical practices. Our goal is to

Twenty-One Receive High Honors from Commerce Department for Work at NIST

September 25, 2002

Commerce Secretary Don Evans has honored 21 local employees of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with Gold and...

Can Nanotubes Be Engineered to Superconduct? Study Suggests Promising New Avenues for Nanotube Research

September 20, 2002

Superconducting nanotubes may lie on the technology horizon, suggests a theoretical study recently published by researchers from the Commerce Department's...

NIST Issues Guidelines to Protect First Responders Exposed to Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Agents

September 19, 2002

A new report issued today by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the first comprehensive set of basic procedures...

NIST Team Reports Method to Characterize New Insulating Materials for Microelectronics

August 20, 2002

Researchers from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reported today they have developed methods for characterizing...

Robert McMichael Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

December 14, 2009

The CNST's Robert McMichael has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). His fellowship citation notes his "broad contributions to the...

Micro- and nano-optomechanical systems

Light can interact with mechanical systems in interesting and useful ways, not only probing the mechanical motion with spectacular sensitivity, but also driving

Sixty-Four Staff Members Earn Departmental Bronze and Other NIST Awards

December 8, 2009

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has presented 64 local staff members with the Departmental...

2009 American Nuclear Society - Rolf Zeisler

Dr. Zeisler received the 2009 Radiation Science and Technology award for his contributions in advancing and applying neutron activation techniques in research and standard reference material production.

Public/Private Advance Focuses the Search for New Materials to Print Next-Generation Microchips

July 19, 2002

New methods reported today by researchers from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the IBM T.J. Watson Research...

Aperture area measurements

Measurements of radiometric and photometric quantities such as irradiance, [W m -2], require defining apertures with known area. An optical coordinate measuring

Vice President Biden addresses the audience at the ceremony for the 2008 Baldrige award winners.

Vice President Biden and Commerce Secretary Locke Present Baldrige Award to Three Organizations

December 2, 2009

Go to Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke's Remarks at Baldrige Quality Awards On Dec. 2, 2009, Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Commerce Department Secretary...

Vice President Biden, Secretary Locke to Present 2008 Baldrige Awards

December 1, 2009

What: Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will present three U.S. organizations with the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality...

Five U.S. Organizations Honored for Innovation and Performance Excellence with the 2009 Baldrige National Quality Award

December 7, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Barack Obama and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced that five organizations are the recipients of the 2009 Malcolm...

2008 Arthur Flemming Award - Steve Stranick

Dr. Stranick received the Arthur S. Flemming Award in Basic Science for his innovations in chemical imaging microscopy techniques below the diffraction limit of light. For more on his research.

2009 Robert Fairer Award - Anne Plant

Dr. Plant received the Robert E. Fairer Award for her work on developing world standards for the medical community. For more on her research, see her NIST staff profile page.

2009 Hevesy Medal - Richard Lindstrom

Dr. Lindstrom received the George Hevesy Award for his exceptional and comprehensive contributions to radioanalytical measurement science, namely prompt gamma-ray activation analysis and gamma-ray spectrometry, and for his educational and...

2009 Hillebrand Award - Michael Kurylo

Dr. Kurylo is recognized with The Hillebrand Award for his exceptional achievements in the area of stratospheric chemistry including the photochemistry of ozone.

2009 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow - William Kirchhoff

Dr. Kirchhoff received the American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow Award for his distinguished contributions as an administrator of a major federal program of basic research in chemical physics and computational chemistry.

2009 Microscopy Society of America Fellow - Dale Newbury

Dr. Newbury received the Microscopy Society of America Fellow Award for his seminal contributions to the application of x-ray microanalysis and for the development of Monte Carlo simulation techniques for accurate micro- and nano- analysis.

NIST Develops Experimental Validation Tool for Cell Phone Forensics

December 1, 2009

Viewers of TV dramas don't focus on the technology behind how a forensics crime team tracks a terrorist or drug ring using cell phone data, but scientists at...

Combining Nanotubes and Antibodies for Breast Cancer 'Search and Destroy' Missions

December 1, 2009

Single-walled nanotubes—cylinders of carbon about a nanometer in diameter—have been highly touted for potential applications such as ultrastrong fibers...

NIST Researchers Put a New Spin on Atomic Musical Chairs

December 1, 2009

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Naval Research Laboratory have developed a new way to introduce magnetic...

$An imaging technique known as neutron diffraction, used along with molecular simulations, revealed that an ion channel’s voltage sensing domain perturbs the two-layered cell membrane that surrounds it.$

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Gaithersburg

Flame Retardant Exposure Linked to House Dust

Memorandum of Understanding between the Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration (FIMA) of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

NIST, FEMA Strengthen Disaster Response and Research Capabilities

Optical medical imaging

Twenty-One Receive High Honors from Commerce Department for Work at NIST

Can Nanotubes Be Engineered to Superconduct? Study Suggests Promising New Avenues for Nanotube Research

NIST Issues Guidelines to Protect First Responders Exposed to Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Agents

NIST Team Reports Method to Characterize New Insulating Materials for Microelectronics

Robert McMichael Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

Micro- and nano-optomechanical systems

Sixty-Four Staff Members Earn Departmental Bronze and Other NIST Awards

2009 American Nuclear Society - Rolf Zeisler

Public/Private Advance Focuses the Search for New Materials to Print Next-Generation Microchips

Aperture area measurements

Vice President Biden and Commerce Secretary Locke Present Baldrige Award to Three Organizations

Vice President Biden, Secretary Locke to Present 2008 Baldrige Awards

Five U.S. Organizations Honored for Innovation and Performance Excellence with the 2009 Baldrige National Quality Award

2008 Arthur Flemming Award - Steve Stranick

2009 Robert Fairer Award - Anne Plant

2009 Hevesy Medal - Richard Lindstrom

2009 Hillebrand Award - Michael Kurylo

2009 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow - William Kirchhoff

2009 Microscopy Society of America Fellow - Dale Newbury

NIST Develops Experimental Validation Tool for Cell Phone Forensics

Combining Nanotubes and Antibodies for Breast Cancer 'Search and Destroy' Missions

NIST Researchers Put a New Spin on Atomic Musical Chairs

Nervy Research: Researchers Take Initial Look at Ion Channels in a Model System

New e-Handbook of Statistical Methods Available Online from NIST

Neumann Receives Computer System Security Award

NIST to Postpone April 22 Meeting in New York on World Trade Center Investigation