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Reference Transmittance Spectrophotometer (RTS)

The Reference Transmittance Spectrophotometer (RTS) is the national reference instrument for regular spectral transmittance measurements of non-fluorescent

Blueprint for Industry Change Aims to Improve Construction Productivity

October 20, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new publication aimed at strengthening the U.S. construction industry's efficiency and...

Biochemical 'On-Switch' Could Solve Protein Purification Challenge

October 20, 2009

Drugs based on engineered proteins represent a new frontier for pharmaceutical makers. Even after they discover a protein that may form the basis of the next...

The White Stuff: Marine Lab Team Seeks to Understand Coral Bleaching

October 20, 2009

With technology similar to that used by physicians to perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, researchers from six institutions--including the National...

Synthetic Cells Shed Biological Insights While Delivering Battery Power

October 20, 2009

Trying to understand the complex workings of a biological cell by teasing out the function of every molecule within it is a daunting task. But by making...

Scientists Create NICE Solution to Pneumonia Vaccine Testing Problems

October 20, 2009

Medical clinics the world over could benefit from new software created at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where a team of scientists...

International System of Units (SI)

The International System of Units (SI) provides definitions of units of measurement that are widely accepted in science and technology and which set measurement

NIST and ITA Launch New Online Service to Give U.S. Companies 'Heads Up' on Export Regulations

October 11, 2001

Two U.S. Department of Commerce agencies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and International Trade Administration, today launched Export Alert...

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

November 9, 2001

Commerce Secretary Don Evans has presented 23 employees of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and six former employees...

Bement Confirmed by Senate As 12th NIST Director

November 30, 2001

The U.S. Senate today confirmed Arden L. Bement Jr. as director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology. The position of...

Commerce Department Announces Winner of Global Information Security Competition

October 2, 2000

A worldwide competition to develop a new encryption technique that can be used to protect computerized information ended today when Secretary of Commerce Norman...

Commerce Secretary Announces New Standard for Global Information Security

December 4, 2001

Commerce Secretary Announces New Standard for Global Information Security (News Release) AES Questions and Answers Oct 2, 2000, News Release on Selection of AES...

Nationwide Network of Manufacturing Experts Issue Top 10 New Year's Resolutions for Small Business Manufacturers

December 14, 2001

The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is...

AIAG Honors NIST/EL with Chairman's Award

October 16, 2009

October 9, 2009 -- The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG), presented the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with its highest honor, the...

Eswaran Subrahmanian AAAS Fellow

For distinguished contribution to design theory and methodology and its implications for design support systems & for bridging theory,practice and education in engineering design

SME Fellow

Albert J. Wavering III is the acting deputy director of National Institute of Standards & Technology's Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory. There, he is responsible for laboratory operations and assists the director in establishing its strategic...

Extended Shutdown Planned for 2011

October 13, 2009

The NCNR expansion project is proceeding on a schedule that will require a 10½ month shutdown of the reactor beginning around March 2011.

NIST Awards Contract for Work on Smart Grid Interim Standards

April 7, 2009

As part of the Obama Administration's commitment to moving the nation toward energy independence, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has...

NIST Announces Smart Grid Workshop

April 22, 2009

WASHINGTON – The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will continue to help develop a smart electrical grid when it holds on April 28-29, in...

Preproposal Conference for RFP SB1341-09-RP-0070

Wed, Jul 1 2009

Offerors are strongly encouraged, but not required, to participate in a preproposal conference with the Contracting

NIST Announces Third Smart Grid Public Workshop, Aug. 3-4

July 24, 2009

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a third major stakeholders workshop as NIST...

Webinars on Planning for Smart Grid Panel Announced

October 6, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold three one-hour "webinars" to brief the diverse Smart Grid community on its progress toward...

Standards Development Plan for 'Smart Grid' Announced

October 6, 2009

On Sept. 24, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced an accelerated plan for developing standards to transform the U.S. power distribution system into a 'Smart...

Commerce Secretary Unveils Plan for Smart Grid Interoperability

September 24, 2009

WASHINGTON – Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today unveiled an accelerated plan for developing standards to transform the U.S. power distribution system into a...

A truck returning steel recovered the the World Trade Center towers returned to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Convoy Returns World Trade Center Steel to New York City

October 6, 2009

After seven years on the Gaithersburg, Md., campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), more than 200 pieces of structural steel...

New Publication Offers Security Tips for WiMAX Networks

October 6, 2009

Government agencies and other organizations planning to use WiMAX -- Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access -- networks can get technical advice on...

New Computer Security Guide Can Help Safeguard Your Small Business

October 6, 2009

Just in time for October's Cyber Security Awareness Month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a guide to help small...

For Safer Emergencies, Give Your Power Generator Some Space

October 6, 2009

To subdue the steaming heat of hurricanes or to thaw out during a blizzard, gasoline-powered, portable generators are a lifeline during weather emergencies when...

Magnetic monopoles are created when the spin of an ion in one corner of a spin ice crystal is knocked askew, creating a monopole and adjacent antimonopole.

Large-Scale Cousin of Elusive 'Magnetic Monopoles' Found at NIST

October 6, 2009

Any child can tell you that a magnet has a "north" and a "south" pole, and that if you break it into two pieces, you invariably get two smaller magnets with two...

Edited Book Volume: Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Intelligent Systems

September 30, 2009

This contributed volume is dedicated to the subject of performance evaluation and benchmarking of intelligent systems by drawing from the experiences and...

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