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April Tech Transfer Workshop Focuses on Nanotechnology Advances

March 5, 2008

Business executives, entrepreneurs, investors and government researchers and development officials interested in commercializing recent research advances in

A NIST researcher adjusts a multi-gas analyzer which will measure carbon monoxide, oxygen, carbon dioxide and hydrocarbons concentrations produced by such a generator located, against safety advice, in a garage.

NIST to Study Hazards of Portable Gasoline-Powered Generators

March 5, 2008

The same gasoline-powered portable generators that keep the lights burning, the freezer cold, and the house warm when a storm shuts off the electricity, can

New Strontium Atomic Clock at JILA is 'Best in Class'

February 19, 2008

A next-generation atomic clock that tops previous records for accuracy in clocks based on neutral atoms has been demonstrated by physicists at JILA, a joint

Prototype microchip device combining NIST's miniature atomic magnetometer with a fluid channel

'NMR on a Chip' Features NIST Magnetic Mini-Sensor

February 19, 2008

A super-sensitive mini-sensor developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can detect nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in tiny samples

NIST Releases Three-Year Plan

February 19, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has delivered a three-year plan for its programs to Congress, as required by the America COMPETES Act

New NIST Video: Bill Phillips School Talk on the Science of Ultracold

February 19, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has produced a DVD of a presentation that Nobel laureate William Phillips, a physicist at NIST, gave

New Chair, Vice Chair Elected to NIST Policy Advisory Group

February 19, 2008

A new chair and vice chair have been elected to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), the

ZZnO nanowires to grow out of the circular copper substrate in all directions

Chemists Measure Copper Levels in Zinc Oxide Nanowires

February 19, 2008

Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been the first to measure significant amounts of copper incorporated into zinc oxide

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NIST, NCI, SAIC Partner on New Method for Detecting HER2 Breast Cancer

February 19, 2008

Generations of mothers have served up chicken soup to remedy the common cold, but now the therapeutic fowl may find use in diagnosis as well. Researchers at the

NIST research biologist Jennifer M. Keller taking a blood sample from a loggerhead turtle

Turtle Studies Suggest Health Risks from Environmental Contaminants

February 19, 2008

The same chemicals that keep food from sticking to our frying pans and stains from setting in our carpets are damaging the livers and impairing the immune

NIST Building Safety Efforts Mark Fifth Anniversary of R.I. Nightclub Fire

February 19, 2008

Five years ago on Feb. 20, 2003, pyrotechnics lit during a concert at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., started a rapidly spreading fire that caused

Optical 'Frequency Comb' Can Detect the Breath of Disease

February 19, 2008

Exhale on a cold winter day and you will see the water vapor coming out of your mouth. Light up your breath with a Nobel-Prize-related tool, and you could

Two NIST Researchers named to 'Federal 100'

February 19, 2008

Douglas Montgomery and Stephen Quinn, two computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have been named to this year's

Directed Self-Ordering of Organic Molecules for Electronic Devices

February 19, 2008

A simple surface treatment technique demonstrated by a collaboration between researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Penn

Collaboration Helps Make JILA Strontium Atomic Clock ‘Best in Class’

February 14, 2008

BOULDER, Colo.— A next-generation atomic clock that tops previous records for accuracy in clocks based on neutral atoms has been demonstrated by physicists at

Biometrics Standards Registry for U.S. Government Issued for Public Comment; Deadline is March 10

February 8, 2008

An interagency subcommittee of the White House's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) issued a draft document today that lists recommended standards

Workshop Offers U.S. Industry Access to International R&D Collaborations

February 5, 2008

Companies interested in participating in international advanced manufacturing research and development can learn about new collaboration opportunities offered

Confocal microscope image of a carbon nanotube/polypropylene composite.

Shear Ingenuity: Tweaking the Conductivity of Nanotube Composites

February 5, 2008

One of the immediate applications of carbon nanotubes (CNT) is as an additive to polymers to create electrically conducting plastics—a relatively low CNT

Revised NIST IPv6 Profile Released for Comment

February 5, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a second draft of a proposed standards profile to support the implementation of Internet

President's Budget Requests 22 Percent Boost for NIST Core Programs

February 5, 2008

President George W. Bush's fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget proposal for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) includes $634 million for core

Urban search and rescue robot and its control unit sit atop one of the packing crates

'Nitty-Gritty' but Vital Data Helps Field Rescue Robots

February 5, 2008

A new ASTM International standard for urban search and rescue robots and components tackles humble logistics problems that, left unsolved, could hamper the use

New Web Site Lists Validated Software Security Tools for Federal IT

February 5, 2008

A new Web site launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help federal information systems managers maintain the security of

President Requests 22 Percent Budget Increase for NIST Core Programs to Advance Innovation and Competitiveness

February 4, 2008

Budget table Washington, D.C.— President George W. Bush's fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget proposal submitted today to Congress for the Commerce Department's

International Effort Takes Critical Steps to Accelerate Growth of Global Biofuels Market

February 1, 2008

The governments of the United States, Brazil and the European Union (EU)—the world's major producers of biofuels—today released an analysis of current biofuel

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Concrete Flow Researchers to Use Argonne Supercomputer

January 23, 2008

The Argonne National Laboratory of the Department of Energy (DoE) announced on Jan. 17, 2008, that a team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards

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