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Cracking a Tough Nut for the Semiconductor Industry

December 23, 2008

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method to measure the toughness—the resistance to fracture—of the thin...

NIST Guides Genetic Genealogy Labs Toward Improved Accuracy

December 23, 2008

Anyone who has watched crime dramas on TV knows that forensic scientists can use DNA "profiling" to identify people from evidence gathered at a crime scene...

Electronic Methods Potentially Secure for Sending Blank Ballots Overseas; Serious Issues Remain for Receiving Votes

December 23, 2008

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—Electronic technologies could be deployed immediately and reliably to augment slower postal mail for distributing ballots to U.S. citizens...

Two NIST Physicists Win 2007 PECASE Honors

December 23, 2008

Two physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have won Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the...

NIST Posts 51 Entries for New Hash Algorithm Competition

December 23, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the first-round candidates for its open cryptographic competition to select a new state...

Wherefore a Leap Second?

December 23, 2008

The spin of the Earth is slowing down. Not by much; only about 0.002 seconds a day (it varies), relative to our modern definition of the second. The varying...

Dressed to Kill: From Virus to Vaccine

December 9, 2008

In a pioneering effort, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Queensland in Australia have successfully...

Carbon Nanofibers Cut Flammability of Upholstered Furniture

December 9, 2008

Carbon, the active ingredient in charcoal, is normally not considered a fire retardant, but researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Nine NIST Staff Become New APS Fellows

December 9, 2008

Nine staff members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been elected new fellows of the American Physical Society, the largest...

Belgium to Host First Conference for New Hash Algorithm Competition

December 9, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the first conference on an open cryptographic competition to select a new "hash"...

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Sevenfold Accuracy Improvement for 3-D 'Virtual Reality' Labs

December 9, 2008

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed software that improves the accuracy of the tracking devices in its...

Dynamic Fracture in Steel

December 2, 2008

On May 7, 2008, MML and Mississippi State University co-hosted a workshop to discuss recent advances in fracture toughness testing of structural materials. This...

Steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence from relaxed and strained GaN nanowires grown by catalyst-free molecular-beam epitaxy

December 1, 2008

Gallium nitride (GaN)-based semiconductors have successfully been incorporated into commercial light emitting diodes and commercial laser diodes that operate...

NIST 'Stress Tests' Probe Nanoscale Strains in Materials

November 25, 2008

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated their ability to measure relatively low levels of stress or strain in...

NIST Physicist Wins OSA's First Walther Award

November 25, 2008

NIST physicist David Wineland will receive the inaugural Herbert Walther Award in recognition of his "seminal contributions to quantum information physics and...

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NIST Releases Final WTC 7 Investigation Report

November 25, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week released its final report on the Sept. 11, 2001, collapse of the 47-story World Trade Center...

Final Strategic Plan for Earthquake Hazard Studies Published

November 25, 2008

The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) has just published a new strategic plan to guide the activities of the four federal agencies that...

NIST Leads Revision of International Coordinate Measuring Machine Standard

November 25, 2008

A new testing procedure just published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) represents the final step in a decade-long effort led by the...

Neutron Researchers Discover Widely Sought Property in Magnetic Semiconductor

November 25, 2008

Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated for the first time the existence of a key magnetic—as opposed...

Bright Idea Illuminates LED Standards

November 25, 2008

The lack of common measurement methods among light-emitting diode (LED) and lighting manufacturers has affected the commercialization of solid-state lighting...

facial image obtained by facial recognition system

Saying 'Cheese' for More Effective Border Security

November 25, 2008

Facial recognition systems perform some very challenging tasks such as checking an individual's photo against a database of known or suspected criminals. The...

Robots being trained to map spaces using their sensors

Rescue Robot Exercise Brings Together Robots, Developers, First Responders

November 25, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a rescue robot exercise in Texas last week in which about three dozen robots were tested by...

Vincent Luciani Joins the CNST as Manager of the NanoFab

November 24, 2008

The CNST is pleased to announce that Vincent Luciani has joined NIST as the new NanoFab Manager. Vincent has over 30 years of private industry experience in...

Two NIST Researchers' Papers Recognized in Ceramics 'Best Of' Collection

November 12, 2008

Two materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have papers in a special list of the "11 best papers" published by the...

The 2009 RoboCup Nanosoccer competition will be played on the gold-colored microchip seen through the window of the "world's smallest soccer stadium." The chip is divided into 16 playing fields each the size of a grain of rice.

Let the Games Begin! Nanosoccer at 2009 RoboCup in Austria

November 12, 2008

The World Cup may be two years away, but soccer aficionados can get an early start at satisfying their yen for global competition when the National Institute of...

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