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New NIST Pub Can Help IT Managers Assess Security Controls

July 9, 2008

A new publication released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on June 30 can help information system managers negotiate the often...

Software Helps Developers Get Started with PIV Cards

July 9, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed two demonstration software packages that show how Personal Identity Verification (PIV)...

Wake-Up Call: Draft Security Pub Looks at Cell Phones, PDAs

July 9, 2008

In recent years cell phones and PDAs—"Personal Digital Assistants"—have exploded in power, performance and features. They now often boast expanded memory...

Deposits of hydroxyapatite crystal light up bright green where they've been tagged with a new peptide

Toothpick: New Molecular Tag IDs Bone and Tooth Minerals

July 9, 2008

Enlisting an army of plant viruses to their cause, materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have identified a small...

R&D Proposals Sought for New Sensing Technologies to Monitor Infrastructure

July 9, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it is seeking proposals for high-risk research projects to develop innovative...

NIST Response to NRC Confirmatory Action Letter

July 2, 2008

We take our responsibility for protecting our personnel's and the public's health and safety very seriously. We have fully cooperated with Nuclear Regulatory...

Medical Tests Indicate Internal Contamination Due to June 9 Plutonium Incident

June 27, 2008

BOULDER, Colo. – New results from sensitive medical tests indicate internal plutonium exposure in a small number of personnel at the National Institute of...

Standards Set for Energy-Conserving LED Lighting

June 24, 2008

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with national standards organizations, have taken the lead in developing...

Exposing the Sensitivity of Extreme Ultraviolet Photoresists

June 24, 2008

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have confirmed that the photoresists used in next-generation semiconductor...

3d Nanostructures with Magnetic Materials

June 24, 2008

Materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a process to build complex, three-dimensional nanoscale...

'Electron Trapping' May Impact Future Microelectronics Measurements

June 24, 2008

Using an ultra-fast method of measuring how a transistor switches from the "off" to the "on" state, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and...

Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Announces Selection of 2008-2009 Commerce Science and Technology Fellows

June 24, 2008

WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced that 17 individuals have been selected to participate in the Commerce Science and Technology...

2008-2009 Commerce Science and Technology Fellows Announced

June 24, 2008

Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced that 17 individuals have been selected to participate in the Commerce Science and Technology Fellowship...

High Rise Fire Fighting—Effective Use of Positive Pressure Ventilation

June 24, 2008

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) engineers recently released a two-disk DVD set that demonstrates how Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV)...

Visual representation of a Hankel function for complex variables

NIST Releases Preview of Much-Anticipated Online Mathematics Reference

June 24, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a five-chapter preview of the much-anticipated online Digital Library of Mathematical...

Researchers determined that a new material for fuel cells releases oxygen ions easily at low temperatures

Oxygen Ions for Fuel Cells Get Loose at Low(er) Temperatures

June 24, 2008

Seeking to understand a new fuel cell material, a research team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the...

Plutonium Discharge into Sink Below Federal and State Limits

June 24, 2008

BOULDER, Colo. – Using detailed measurements made with the assistance of a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) team, the National Institute of...

NIST/NIH Micromagnets Show Promise as Colorful 'Smart Tags' for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

June 18, 2008

BOULDER, Colo.—Customized microscopic magnets that might one day be injected into the body could add color to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), while also...

NIST Finds Radiation Contamination in Lab Sink

June 17, 2008

Boulder, Colo. – Re-entering the sealed laboratory room where a small plutonium spill occurred on June 9, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

Additional Trace Contamination Found in NIST-Boulder Lab

June 13, 2008

Boulder, Colo.-- Additional trace amounts of contamination have been found in the office and a nearby stairway used by a laboratory researcher originally...

In this photo montage of actual quantum images, two laser beams coming from the bright glare in the distance transmit images of a cat-like face at two slightly different frequencies

Physicists Produce Quantum-Entangled Images

June 12, 2008

GAITHERSBURG, MD—Using a convenient and flexible method for creating twin light beams, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the Commerce...

NIST Chemists Get Scoop on Crude 'Oil' from Pig Manure

June 10, 2008

After a close examination of crude oil made from pig manure, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are certain about a number of...

'Nanoglassblowing' Seen as Boon to Study of Individual Molecules

June 10, 2008

While the results may not rival the artistry of glassblowers in Europe and Latin America, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Microwave Synthesis Connects With the (Quantum) Dots

June 10, 2008

Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a simplified, low-cost process for producing high-quality...

Closeup photomicrograph of rotifer B. calyciflorus with quantum dots assimilated from ingested ciliates appearing red.

Research Measures Movement of Nanomaterials in Simple Model Food Chain

June 10, 2008

New research shows that while engineered nanomaterials can be transferred up the lowest levels of the food chain from single-cell organisms to higher...

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