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NIST: Both Fingerprints, Facial Recognition Needed to Protect U.S. Borders

February 11, 2003

A dual approach that employs both fingerprint and facial recognition technology is the best option for a biometric system that would make the nation's borders...

Six Federal Agencies to Help Open the 'GATE' to Enhanced Manufacturing R&D

March 5, 2003

Six federal agencies involved in manufacturing research and development (R&D) have launched a major effort to improve the exchange of information about their...

Ozone Standard Reference Photometer

DESCRIPTION The Standard Reference Photometer (SRP) Program began in the early 1980s as collaboration between NIST and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Commerce's NIST Reports Significant Advances Made in Facial Recognition Technology

March 13, 2003

Computers have become much more adept at "recognizing" human faces during the past two years, states a report released today by the Commerce Department's...

Public Safety Studies on Evacuation of World Trade Center to be Announced at April 8 Community Forum

March 24, 2003

Scientific investigators from Columbia University, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

The NIST Traceable Reference Material (NTRM) Program for Gas Standards

An NTRM (CM) (NIST Traceable Reference Material) is a reference material produced by a commercial supplier with a well-defined traceability...

Field within and around a 60 nm radius gold nanoring

Better Chemistry Through Nanorings

April 12, 2004

Gold rings suddenly have new cachet, and it has nothing to do with the price of gold or trends in marriage. Moreover, in this case, smaller rings are better...

Memory with a Twist: NIST Develops a Flexible Memristor

June 2, 2009

Electronic memory chips may soon gain the ability to bend and twist as a result of work by engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST...

Commerce's NIST Announces 44 New Advanced Technology Program Awards

September 10, 2003

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced 44 new awards from its Advanced Technology Program (ATP)...

Agreements to Facilitate NIST WTC Investigation

October 31, 2003

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced that it has reached an agreement with the City of New York (NYC)...

NIST Calls for Comments on Draft of Federal Computer Security Controls Guidelines

November 3, 2003

Computer scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released an initial public draft of NIST Special...

Methods and Applications in Ab Initio Thermochemistry

Karl K. Irikura Research Opportunity Number 50.63.21.B4792 For predicting thermochemistry of small main-group molecules, quantum chemistry...

Stanley Named to Head NIST's Advanced Technology Program

September 2, 2003

Marc G. Stanley has been selected to lead the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Solid-state lighting metrology

With the rise of new, energy-efficient solid-state lighting (SSL) systems has come the need for new performance metrics and measurement methods to address their

Furlani Named NIST CIO

September 2, 2003

Cita Furlani has been named chief information officer (CIO) for the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by NIST Director...

CODATA values of the fundamental physical constants

Every four years, the Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) issues recommended values of the fundamental physical constants. The values are

NIST Status Update on World Trade Center 7 Investigation

June 29, 2007

A team of scientists and engineers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is investigating the collapse of New...

First Comprehensive Set of Model Code Changes Adopted Based on Recommendations from Commerce's NIST World Trade Center Investigation

June 20, 2007

GAITHERSBURG, Md.-Safer buildings-especially tall structures-that are more resistant to fire and more easily evacuated in emergencies are the goal of the first...

106 Local Residents Earn DOC, NIST Awards

December 9, 2003

In ceremonies held on Dec. 5, 2003, at the U.S. Department of Commerce (DoC), Commerce Secretary Don Evans presented 47 local area staff members of the National...

Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Announces Selection of 2007-2008 Commerce Science and Technology Fellows

June 14, 2007

WASHINGTON, DC —Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced that 16 individuals have been selected to participate in the Commerce Science and...

NIST Nanoscale Science and Technology Center Now Accepting Proposals

May 1, 2007

University, industry, government and other researchers who need access to state-of-the-art and beyond-state-of-the-art facilities to study a wide range of...

NIST Issues Guidelines for Ensuring RFID Security

April 26, 2007

Gaithersburg, MD – Retailers, manufacturers, hospitals, federal agencies and other organizations planning to use radio frequency identification (RFID)...

Commerce's NIST and Montgomery County Public Schools Partner to Strengthen Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education

April 19, 2007

Statement from Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski on the NIST-MCPS Agreement GAITHERSBURG, MD—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and...

Fifteen Named to Earthquake Hazards Reduction Advisory Committee

February 28, 2007

William Jeffrey, director of the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has named 15 distinguished academic, industry...

NIST Report Addresses Scientific and Technical Measurement Challenges Key to Sustaining U.S. Innovation

February 12, 2007

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—A new report based on an analysis of more than 700 scientific and technical measurement challenges facing U.S. industry today, calls on the...

Governor Ehrlich Announces Technology Partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology

December 18, 2003

GAITHERSBURG, MD (December 18, 2003) - Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. today announced that the State of Maryland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...

Commerce's NIST Coordinates Study of Structural Damage from Gulf Hurricanes

October 13, 2005

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it has deployed the first of three teams...

Spectral irradiance and radiance responsivity calibrations using uniform sources (SIRCUS)

SIRCUS is a reference facility for the calibration of detectors and radiometers for spectral irradiance responsivity and spectral radiance responsivity across

NIST Urges Implementation of Recommendations from World Trade Center Investigation Final Towers Report Released Today at Congressional Hearing

October 26, 2005

WASHINGTON, D.C.— William Jeffrey, director of the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), today called on the...

Nonprofits Can Apply for Baldrige Quality Award in 2007

December 6, 2005

GAITHERSBURG, MD—Starting in 2007, nonprofit organizations—including charities, trade and professional associations, and government agencies—will be eligible to...

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