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NIST Offers U.S. Interpretations of Recent SI (Metric) Changes

May 13, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new American version of the English language SI Brochure, the eighth edition of the

Photo collage of internet top-level domain names.

NIST Tool Helps Internet Master Top-level Domains

May 13, 2008

At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed an algorithm

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

NIST World Metrology Day Forum Focuses on Anti-Doping Advances

April 29, 2008

Thomas Hicks won the 1904 Olympic Games marathon in St. Louis, Mo., with a little help from his friends—two doses of strychnine, raw eggs and a brandy chaser

Electron micrograph shows a cross-section of a typical SOG microcircuit feature.

Making a Good Impression: Nanoimprint Lithography Tests at NIST

April 29, 2008

In what should be good news for integrated circuit manufacturers, recent studies by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have helped

New 3-D Test Method for Biomaterials 'Flat Out' Faster

April 29, 2008

A novel, three-dimensional (3-D) screening method for analyzing interactions between cells and new biomaterials could cut initial search times by more than half

Two New Honors for NIST Physicists

April 29, 2008

David Wineland, physicist and fellow of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is a 2008 recipient of a Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Award

High-Flying Electrons May Provide New Test of Quantum Theory

April 29, 2008

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Max Planck Institute for Physics in Germany believe they can achieve a significant

NIST Signs Cooperative Agreement with U-Albany Nano College

April 21, 2008

Albany, N.Y. – The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today with the College

Colorized micrograph of a NIST chip combining four micro-refrigerators with a superconducting sensor

NIST Micro Sensor and Micro Fridge Make Cool Pair

April 15, 2008

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have combined two tiny but powerful NIST inventions on a single microchip, a cryogenic

Scanning electron microscope image of 'cleaned' carbon nanotubes at NIST

Carbon Nanotube Measurements: Latest in NIST 'How-To' Series

April 15, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has published

NIST, Army Researchers Pave the Way for Anthrax Spore Standards

April 15, 2008

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Army Dugway (Utah) Proving Ground have developed reliable methods based

Metal Detectives: New Book Details Titanic Investigation

April 15, 2008

In February 1998, Timothy Foecke, a metallurgist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), published a rather low-key "interagency report"

Image of the creation of nanodrop 'test tubes'

'Nanodrop' Test Tubes Created with a Flip of a Switch

April 15, 2008

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new device that creates nanodroplet "test tubes" for studying

Comments Requested on Draft Earthquake Hazards Plan

April 15, 2008

Earthquakes cannot be prevented, but their impacts on life, property and the economy can and should be managed. That's the challenge that Congress has given the

Comments Requested on Risk Management Publication

April 15, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the second public draft of NIST Special Publication 800-39, Managing Risk from

The NIST terahertz imaging system reveals slight temperature differences, as shown in this post-processed image.

Prototype Terahertz Imager Promises Biochem Advances

April 15, 2008

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new imaging system that detects naturally occurring terahertz

More Solid than Solid: A Potential Hydrogen-Storage Compound

April 1, 2008

One of the key engineering challenges to building a clean, efficient, hydrogen-powered car is how to design the fuel tank. Storing enough raw hydrogen for a

Michael D. Schroeder to Receive NIST/NSA Security Award

April 1, 2008

Michael D. Schroeder, a pioneer researcher in computer security, will be presented with the 2008 National Computer Systems Security Award by the National

Illustration of wireless fingerprint identification technology

NIST Shows On-card Fingerprint Match Is Secure, Speedy

April 1, 2008

A fingerprint identification technology for use in Personal Identification Verification (PIV) cards that offers improved protection from identity theft meets

New Report Outlines Research Roadmap for Biomanufacturing

April 1, 2008

On-line process tools, improved sensor calibration and analytical and data analysis methods are among the technological challenges facing the biomanufacturing

Graph from the EtherNet/IP Performance Test Tool

Software Tackles Production Line Machine 'Cyclic Jitters'

April 1, 2008

Electronic commands passed from machine to machine over data networks increasingly drive today's precisely timed and sequenced manufacturing production lines

Infographic showing four areas of increasing security in a facility (unrestricted, controlled, limited, and exclusion) and recommended authentication methods for passing through access points that separate them

New NIST Publication Recommends Best Fits Between Federal 'Locks' and 'Keys'

April 1, 2008

Federal agencies have begun issuing a secure form of government-wide ID known as the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card, mandated in 2004 by Homeland

NIST Third Interoperability Week April 28-May 2

April 1, 2008

For manufacturing engineers and linguists "interoperability" and "ontology" go together like horse and carriage—"you can't have one without the other." The

Bon MOT: Innovative Atom Trap Catches Highly Magnetic Atoms

April 1, 2008

A research team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland has succeeded in cooling atoms of a rare-earth

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