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New Boulder Clean Room Open for Business

November 2, 2012

After months of construction, installation, troubleshooting, and testing, the new clean room at NIST's Precision Measurement Laboratory complex on the Boulder

NIST Provides Draft Guidelines to Secure Mobile Devices

October 31, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published draft guidelines that outline the baseline security technologies mobile devices should

Time lapse fluorescence images of a cell culture (clockwise from top left, start - 14 hours - 28 hours - 42 hours) reveal how the expression of a particular gene in the culture varies not only from cell to cell, but with time.

Cellular Landscaping: Predicting How, and How Fast, Cells Will Change

October 31, 2012

A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a model* for making quantifiable predictions of how a group of cells

Bright field transmission electron micrograph showing carbon nanotubes grown from an array of equally-sized iron catalyst particles created by electron beam-induced decomposition of a diiron nonacarbonyl precursor.

Researchers Observe, Control, and Optimize the Growth of Individual Carbon Nanotubes

October 31, 2012

Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and Arizona State University have used an environmental scanning transmission electron

NIST, UMD Celebrate 25 Years of Research Partnership at IBBR

October 31, 2012

Officials and researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) gathered on Oct. 25, 2012, to

Close up of the NIST chip-scale atomic clock

New NIST Web Resource Hosts Federal Research Technology Transfer Plans

October 31, 2012

A new website has been launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to serve as a central resource for technology transfer plans

NIST Handbook 44 - 2012 Edition

October 26, 2012

Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices as adopted by the 96th National Conference on Weights and

Schematic of the disk-cantilever sensor geometry.

Researchers Develop Versatile Optomechanical Sensors for Atomic Force Microscopy

October 24, 2012

Researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology have developed on-chip optomechanical sensors for atomic force microscopy (AFM) that

Deborah Jin standing on the staircase at JILA

Deborah Jin of JILA Selected for 2013 Women in Science Award

October 22, 2012

Deborah Jin, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) who works at JILA, has been selected as the North American recipient for

Princeton/NIST Collaboration Puts Wheels on the Quantum Bus

October 19, 2012

In yet another step toward the realization of a practical quantum computer, scientists working at Princeton and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have shown how

New Method Measures Movements of Tiny Devices-At Every Step

October 16, 2012

Makers of minuscule moving machines—the kind being eyed for nanomanufacturing and assembly as well as other uses—do you know where your micro- and nanorobots

New NIST Software Checks Performance of Biometrics Applications Against 2011 Standard

October 16, 2012

A new software test suite developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) allows local and federal agencies and other users of the NIST's

NRI to Lead New Five-Year Effort to Develop Post-CMOS Electronics

October 16, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today the selection of the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), a collaboration of

New Reference Material to Help Get the Lead Out of Paints for Children's Products

October 16, 2012

To help manufacturers adhere to new regulations intended to reduce the risk of lead poisoning in children, researchers at the National Institute of Standards

Slip Sliding Our Way: At the Nanoscale, Graphite Can Turn Friction Upside Down

October 16, 2012

If you ease up on a pencil, does it slide more easily? Sure. But maybe not if the tip is sharpened down to nanoscale dimensions. A team of researchers at the

New Measurement Technique to Fill Critical Need for Fiber Optic Cable Industry

October 15, 2012

In consumer-driven industries, it is critically important to provide customers what they expect when they make their purchases. When you pay for a gallon of gas

Physicist David J. Wineland of NIST Boulder Laboratories in Colorado

Congratulations to David Wineland! 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics

October 9, 2012

We are thrilled at the news that NIST's David Wineland has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Professor Serge Haroche of the Collège de

Obama Administration Announces $20 Million for 10 Public-Private Partnerships to Support American Manufacturing and Encourage Investment in the US

October 9, 2012

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration today announced that 10 public-private partnerships across America will receive $20 million in total awards to help

David Wineland leans over a table of lasers to adjust a laser beam

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Office of the Director

News and Updates

New Boulder Clean Room Open for Business

NIST Provides Draft Guidelines to Secure Mobile Devices

Cellular Landscaping: Predicting How, and How Fast, Cells Will Change

Researchers Observe, Control, and Optimize the Growth of Individual Carbon Nanotubes

NIST, UMD Celebrate 25 Years of Research Partnership at IBBR

New NIST Web Resource Hosts Federal Research Technology Transfer Plans

NIST Handbook 44 - 2012 Edition

Researchers Develop Versatile Optomechanical Sensors for Atomic Force Microscopy

Deborah Jin of JILA Selected for 2013 Women in Science Award

Princeton/NIST Collaboration Puts Wheels on the Quantum Bus

New Method Measures Movements of Tiny Devices-At Every Step

New NIST Software Checks Performance of Biometrics Applications Against 2011 Standard

NRI to Lead New Five-Year Effort to Develop Post-CMOS Electronics

New Reference Material to Help Get the Lead Out of Paints for Children's Products

Slip Sliding Our Way: At the Nanoscale, Graphite Can Turn Friction Upside Down

New Measurement Technique to Fill Critical Need for Fiber Optic Cable Industry

Congratulations to David Wineland! 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics

Obama Administration Announces $20 Million for 10 Public-Private Partnerships to Support American Manufacturing and Encourage Investment in the US

NIST's David J. Wineland Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics

NIST's Webcast News Briefing on David Wineland's Nobel Prize in Physics

NIST Revises Software Patch Management Guide for Automated Processes

Researchers Determine Critical Factors for Improving Performance of a Solar Fuel Catalyst

Third Annual NICE Workshop Adds a Virtual Cyber Threat Training and Competition Track

Three Experts Named to Earthquake Advisory Board

Oct. 18 Colorado Workshop to Explore Plans For National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

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