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NIST Scientists Improve Microscopic Batteries with Homebuilt Imaging Analysis

September 26, 2014

In a rare case of having their cake and eating it too, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and other institutions have...

Photons by the Numbers

September 25, 2014

A NIST team is at work on what promises to be one of the world's most accurate methods for generating a specified number of photons, and has devised a method to...

TOP: Image of fluorescent reference material on microscope. BOTTOM: Charting of microscope control parameters.

How are you establishing long-term measurement assurance in fluorescence microscopy?

September 24, 2014

Would your laboratory or company benefit from having an easy method to track fluorescence microscopy performance? Can you compare your imaging results to those...

NIST Awards Contract to MITRE to Support Cybersecurity Center of Excellence

September 24, 2014

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a contract to operate its first Federally Funded Research and...

A structural model of a typical silicon nanocrystal stabilized within an organic shell of cyclohexane.

World's Smallest Reference Material is Big Plus for Nanotechnology

September 24, 2014

If it's true that good things come in small packages, then the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can now make anyone working with...

Calibrating Cancer Radiotherapy Beams Using Light and Sound

September 17, 2014

Doctors shrink tumors with radiation therapy, but a badly calibrated beam can cause serious complications. Scientists in NIST's Radiation Physics Division in...

NCCoE Seeks Comments on Mobile Device Security Building Block

September 17, 2014

NIST's National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has posted a revised draft of a building block to help enterprises address security issues that...

Three Pilot Projects Receive Grants to Improve Online Security and Privacy

September 17, 2014

The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced nearly $3 million in grants that will support projects...

NIST chip containing a single-photon detector made of superconducting nanowires. Four chips like this were used in the experiment that entangled three photons.

Three's a Charm: NIST Detectors Reveal Entangled Photon Triplets

September 15, 2014

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada have directly entangled three photons in the most technologically useful state for the first time, thanks in...

NIST Announces FY 2014 Small Business Innovation Research Awards

September 15, 2014

The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded more than $2.2 million in Phase I and Phase II Small...

NIST Megacities Carbon Project Named 'Project to Watch' by United Nations

September 15, 2014

A greenhouse gas field measurement research program developed by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and several...

Measuring Absorption Maps and Spectra of Plasmonic Resonators with Nanoscale Resolution

September 10, 2014

Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) and the University of Maryland have for the first time used photothermal induced...

NIST Helps Develop New Standard for Microsensor Technology

September 9, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has contributed to the development of a new standard for defining the performance of micromechanical...

Polonium's Most Stable Isotope Gets Revised Half-Life Measurement

September 9, 2014

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have determined* that polonium-209, the longest-lived isotope of this radioactive heavy...

"Making an Elephant Dance": How the Baldrige Criteria Helped Transform a Global Conglomerate

September 5, 2014

The Tata group—today a large Indian conglomerate whose many well-known brands include Jaguar Land Rover, Taj Hotels, Tetley, and Eight O'Clock Coffee...

Nine Organizations Selected for Site Visits for 2014 Baldrige Award

September 5, 2014

Nine U.S. organizations have been selected by the Baldrige Panel of Judges to receive site visits for the 2014 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the...

NIST Team Honored for Work on Military Smartphone Apps, Security

September 3, 2014

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have earned a 2014 GCN Award for Information Technology Excellence for speeding development...

Scientists Shed Light on Organic Photovoltaic Characteristics

September 2, 2014

Photovoltaic devices, also known as solar cells, produce electrical power when exposed to light, and that technology has enabled a fast-growing industry. The...

Sponsorship Opportunities Now Available to Support Baldrige Program

August 28, 2014

Organizations and individuals are invited to help support the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program through high-level sponsorships, which will provide...

Impact of Baldrige Leaders in Health Care Highlighted in Top-100 List

August 27, 2014

Modern Healthcare's annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare list includes six U.S. health care leaders with direct connections to the Baldrige Program...

Optical Microscope Technique Confirmed as Valid Nano-Measurement Tool

August 26, 2014

Recent experiments have confirmed* that a technique developed several years ago at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can enable optical...

Lighten Up! New NIST Research Facility Gives Material Help to Automakers

August 26, 2014

Want to make more fuel-efficient cars and trucks? Build them out of lighter materials. Sounds easy, but it's not. Automakers have decades of experience with the...

For the Sake of Energy Efficiency, New "Intelligent Agents Lab" Doubles As a Building

August 25, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is converting one of its laboratories into the equivalent of a small office building—not because of an...

EUV Calibrations for Satellite Sensors

August 25, 2014

Thanks to precision calibration measurements recently performed at NIST, satellites may soon be looking at sunlight with new and improved vision. On July 22...

NIST Seeks Info on User Experiences with Cybersecurity Framework

August 22, 2014

Six months ago, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released version 1.0 of its voluntary Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure...

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