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NIST 'Combs' the Atmosphere to Measure Greenhouse Gases

October 29, 2014

By remotely "combing" the atmosphere with a custom laser-based instrument, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in...

Paul Williams and Joshua Hadler operating the NIST calibration service for high-power lasers.

NIST Launches New Calibration Service for High-Power Lasers

October 29, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a new calibration service for high-power lasers of the sort used by manufacturers for...

World's First Photonic Pressure Sensor Outshines Traditional Mercury Standard

October 29, 2014

For almost 400 years, mercury gauges have prevailed as the most accurate way to measure pressure. Now, within weeks of seeing "first light," a novel pressure...

Vacancy Announcement: Director for Manufacturing Extension Partnership

October 29, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hiring for a new director for the NIST Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a...

Learn How to Apply for the 2015 Baldrige Award Now

October 28, 2014

Application forms and guidance are now available online for the 2015 Baldrige Award. The prestigious, Presidential award honors high-performing organizations in...

Building Better Body Armor: PML Provides Standards for US Army

October 28, 2014

NIST's Dimensional Metrology Group (DMG) in PML's Semiconductor and Dimensional Metrology Division is in the final stages of completing a three-phase task for...

Trouble with a Capital 'G'

October 27, 2014

NIST has taken part in a new push to address a persistent and growing problem in physics: the value of G. The Newtonian constant of gravitation, used to...

New High-Resolution X-ray Spectrometer for Beam Lines

October 24, 2014

NIST scientists have pioneered a technology that may speed the arrival of long-awaited materials and devices including advanced high-temperature superconductors...

Better Diagnostic Imaging for Traumatic Brain Injuries

October 23, 2014

Image-calibration technology designed and developed by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in collaboration with the...

Computer simulations of two possible morphologies of a block copolymer film

NIST Offers Electronics Industry Two Ways to Snoop on Self-Organizing Molecules

October 22, 2014

A few short years ago, the idea of a practical manufacturing process based on getting molecules to organize themselves in useful nanoscale shapes seemed...

NIST's Cloud Computing Roadmap Details Research Requirements and Action Plans

October 22, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of the US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap, Volumes I and...

NIST Taps Nine Experts to Help Craft Disaster Resilience Framework for Communities

October 21, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has engaged nine experts in fields ranging from transportation and water infrastructure to societal...

Strengthening Thin-Film Bonds with Ultrafast Data Collection

October 17, 2014

When studying extremely fast reactions in ultrathin materials, two measurements are better than one. A new research tool invented by researchers at Lawrence...

James Olthoff Named Director of NIST's Physical Measurement Laboratory

October 15, 2014

James Olthoff, a 27-year veteran of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been named director of the agency's Physical Measurement...

Baldrige Program Receives Award for Communications

October 14, 2014

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is 1 of 12 public-sector organizations from throughout the United States recently selected to receive a 2014...

NIST's 3rd Disaster Resilience Workshop Set for Oct. 27-28, in Norman, Okla.

October 7, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)will hold the third in a series of regional workshops devoted to developing a community-centric...

NIST Quantum Probe Enhances Electric Field Measurements

October 7, 2014

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Michigan have demonstrated a technique based on the quantum...

NIST Laser Comb System Maps 3D Surfaces Remotely for Manufacturing, Forensics

October 7, 2014

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a laser-based imaging system that creates high-definition 3D maps of...

Custom bird home by Thomas Burke, Wilmington Del.

BIRDS Is for Sustainability: New NIST Tool for Evaluating Building Performance, Trade-offs

October 7, 2014

Designing a building that simply meets local code requirements is not necessarily the optimal way to do it when you consider all the long-term costs. Now...

Introducing the League of SI Superheroes: The New Champions of Metric

October 6, 2014

To celebrate Metric Week (Oct. 5-11), the National Institute of Standards and Technology would like to introduce you to the League of SI Superheroes. The League...

Eligibility Requirements Revised for 2015 Baldrige Award

October 6, 2014

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, the component of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that manages the Malcolm Baldrige...

NIST to Hire New Manufacturing Extension Partnership Director

October 2, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is about to hire a new director for the NIST Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership(MEP), a...

Simultaneous Imaging of Ferromagnetic and Ferroelectric Domains

October 1, 2014

An international team led by researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have discovered a new way to simultaneously image both the...

NIST Releases Final Version of Smart Grid Framework, Update 3.0

October 1, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published its NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0, a...

Report on Education Technology - Skills & Jobs PCAST released a letter report to the President on Information Technology for Targeting Job-Skills Training and Matching Talent to Jobs

September 29, 2014

Report on Education Technology - Skills & Jobs PCAST released a letter report to the President on Information Technology for Targeting Job-Skills Training and...

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