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NIST Contributes to Discovery of Novel Quantum Spin-Liquid

May 7, 2012

Gaithersburg, Md.—An international team of researchers including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found what may be...

A User-Centered Approach to Designing Electronic Health Records

May 7, 2012

On Tuesday, May 22, 2012, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) will host...

Teaching the Next Generation of Scientists: PML Reaches out at USA Science and Engineering Festival

May 7, 2012

For the second consecutive year, PML played a major role in NIST's contributions to the Science and Engineering Festival in Washington DC. The annual event...

Beaming Up on the Way to Space

May 7, 2012

Space may be the final frontier. But often a few trips to PML are necessary before things can get off the ground. One recent case in point is the test of an...

Petroleum Volume: Getting Calibrations in the Can

May 7, 2012

The volume of oil and oil products moving through America's pipelines, waterways, roads, and rails borders on the unimaginable. "Look at it this way," says John...

Comments Requested on Strategies to Mitigate Risk in the Federal ICT Supply Chain

May 4, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has extended until May 25, 2012, the comment period for the second draft of a publication intended to...

NIST researchers' new approach to trapping nanoparticles uses a control and feedback system that nudges them only when needed.

Light Touch Keeps a Grip on Delicate Nanoparticles

May 2, 2012

Using a refined technique for trapping and manipulating nanoparticles, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have extended...

Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop V Meets June 5-7 at the Department of Commerce

May 2, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop V on June 5-7, 2012, at the Department of Commerce's...

Fabrication Method Can Affect the Use of Block Copolymer Thin Films

May 2, 2012

A new study by a team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) indicates that thin polymer films can have different...

Researchers Find Reducing Fishmeal Hinders Growth of Farmed Fish

May 2, 2012

When it comes to the food used to raise fish in aquaculture "farms," it seems that you may get what you pay for. In a new study,* researchers from the National...

Drawing of NIST's prototype bioreactor for tissue engineering.

Ultrasound Idea: Prototype NIST/CU Bioreactor Evaluates Engineered Tissue While Creating It

May 2, 2012

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a prototype bioreactor—a device for culturing cells to create engineered...

Measurement Science and Standards in Forensic Firearms Analysis Conference

May 2, 2012

Since the early 1900s, forensic scientists have been using firearms analysis to associate bullets and cartridge cases left at crime scenes to specific weapons...

New Protocol Enables Wireless and Secure Biometric Acquisition with Web Services

May 2, 2012

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed and published a new protocol for communicating with biometric sensors...

First Light: NIST Researchers Develop New Way to Generate Superluminal Pulses

May 2, 2012

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a novel way of producing light pulses that are "superluminal"—in some...

NIST Fire Research Earns Honors

May 2, 2012

Fire researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently were honored by the International Association of Arson Investigators...

NIST Physicists Benchmark Quantum Simulator with Hundreds of Qubits

April 25, 2012

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a quantum simulator that can engineer interactions among hundreds of quantum...

NIST Mini-sensor Measures Magnetic Activity in Human Brain

April 19, 2012

A miniature atom-based magnetic sensor developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed an important research milestone by...

Imaging Complex Domain Wall Structures in Magnetic Nanostripes

April 18, 2012

Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have used the scanning electron microscopy with...

May Workshop Examines Impact of Advanced Imaging Technology on Tissue Engineering Research

April 17, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the Multi-Agency Tissue Engineering Science (MATES) working group, is sponsoring...

Graphic of 5 radish plants showing effects of increasing exposure to BPs and NPs

NIST/UMass Study Finds Evidence Nanoparticles May Increase Plant DNA Damage

April 17, 2012

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) have provided the first evidence...

X-Ray Probe Finds New Organic Transistors Do Well in Hot Water

April 17, 2012

Materials scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working with an international research team, have helped prove the...

New Precision Measurement Laboratory at the NIST facility in Boulder, Colorado

Two New Advanced Laboratories Open at NIST Boulder and JILA

April 17, 2012

Two new advanced laboratory buildings for high-precision science and measurements have officially opened in Boulder, Colo., providing upgraded facilities to...

Iris Recognition Report Evaluates 'Needle in Haystack' Search Capability

April 17, 2012

Identifying people by acquiring pictures of their eyes is becoming easier, according to a new report* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Fifth Annual Health Information Security Conference Runs June 6-7

April 17, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is co-hosting the fifth annual Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA...

NIST Proposes Update to Digital Signature Standard

April 17, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced proposed changes to a standard that specifies how to implement digital signatures, which...

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