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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

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

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

Technology Commercialization Support for Small Businesses

August 22, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking an organization to support its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awardees by

JILA Team Finds First Direct Evidence of 'Spin Symmetry' In Atoms

August 21, 2014

Just as diamonds with perfect symmetry may be unusually brilliant jewels, the quantum world has a symmetrical splendor of high scientific value. Confirming this

NIST Vetting Guide Helps in Testing Mobile Apps to Learn What They Really Do

August 20, 2014

While many mobile device apps such as a calendar or collaboration tools are very handy and can improve productivity, they can also introduce vulnerabilities

NIST to Establish Research Center of Excellence for Forensic Science

August 19, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a competition to create a Forensic Science Center of Excellence dedicated to

Scale-Model Smokestack To Study GHG Emissions Monitoring

August 15, 2014

Construction is nearly complete on one of the world's more unusual precision measurement facilities: A 50 meter horizontal smokestack located on NIST's

Guidelines for Enhancing Solar Cells Using Surface Plasmon Polaritons

August 15, 2014

Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) have established guidelines for using surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) to improve

NIST, IAPP Host Privacy Engineering Workshop in September 2014

August 12, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold its second Privacy Engineering Workshop in San Jose, Calif., Sept. 15 and 16, 2014. The

It's a Match: NIST and Prince George's County Crime Lab Team Up on Ballistics Research

August 11, 2014

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are working to improve ballistics matching methods with assistance from the Prince George's

NIST Therapy for Ultraviolet Laser Beams: Hydrogen-treated Fibers

August 11, 2014

To make a better optical fiber for transmitting laser beams, the first idea that comes to mind is probably not a nice long hydrogen bath. And yet, scientists

Beyond Six Nines: Ultra-enriched Silicon Paves the Road to Quantum Computing

August 11, 2014

Using a relatively straightforward technique, a team of NIST researchers has created what may be the most highly enriched silicon currently being produced. The

NIST Ion Duet Offers Tunable Module for Quantum Simulator

August 6, 2014

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a pas de deux of atomic ions that combines the fine choreography of

NIST 'Global City Teams Challenge' to Create Smart Cities

August 5, 2014

The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and several partners today are kicking off the year-long Global City

MEP Launches Competition to Fund Manufacturing Centers in 10 States

August 4, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today opened a competition to award new cooperative funding agreements for its Hollings Manufacturing

Updated NIST Guide Provides Computer Security Assessment Procedures for Core Security Controls

August 1, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued for public comment a draft update of its primary guide to assessing the security and

It's a Dynamic World, Now NIST Can Help You Measure Its Changes

August 1, 2014

Crash-test dummies, yarn-spinning machines and steel girders in bridges. What do they have in common? Look inside them all and you find transducers, devices

Registration Opens for the Next Cybersecurity Framework Workshop

July 31, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold a workshop on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Oct. 29 and

NIST Announces New Competition for Advanced Manufacturing Planning Awards

July 30, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a new competition for planning awards to support industry-driven consortia in

Latest NIST Mass Spectral Library: Expanded Coverage, Features

July 29, 2014

The world's most widely used and trusted resource for identifying mass spectra, the "fingerprints" of molecules, has undergone a major expansion, according to

NIST, HHS Sponsor 7th Annual Conference on Healthcare Information Security

July 29, 2014

The seventh annual "Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security" conference will be held September 23-24, 2014, in Washington, D

Optical micrographs of severe corrosion on steel alloy samples exposed to ethanol and acetic acid vapors

NIST Corrosion Lab Tests Suggest Need for Underground Gas Tank Retrofits

July 29, 2014

A hidden hazard may lurk beneath many of the roughly 156,000 gas stations across the United States. The hazard is corrosion in parts of underground gas storage

Readying Your Community to Deal with Disaster

July 29, 2014

This week, experts are meeting at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Hoboken to discuss how communities can prepare themselves to minimize the impacts of

Ready to Work

July 22, 2014

Ready to WorkThe White House recently announced its Ready to Work program to equip our workers with the skills to compete in a 21st –century economy. As part of

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