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Firefighter Radios May Fail During High-Temp Fires

September 28, 2006

Firefighters sometimes find themselves fighting blazes in temperatures as high as 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Firefighter gear and self-contained breathing

Fifteen Prepare for Baldrige Site Visits

September 28, 2006

Starting Oct. 16, teams of business, education and health care experts will visit 13 organizations—one service company, three small businesses, three education

Emergency Tests Focus on Lab Radioactivity Analyses

September 28, 2006

Working under severe time pressure, government laboratories can analyze radioactive samples fairly quickly—in a matter of hours—but with variable accuracy, and

New Standards Portal Focuses on U.S.-China Trade

September 18, 2006

NEW YORK–The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the Standardization

Nanomanufacturing Meeting to Chart Research Needs

September 14, 2006

Experts in manufacturing processes, measurement science and tools, and computational methods will meet Oct. 17-19, 2006, in Gaithersburg, Md., to set research

ERCC to Begin Test Rounds for Final RNA Reference Set

September 14, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the External RNA Controls Consortium (ERCC), has awarded a contract to

NIST Guide Details Forensic Practices for Data Analysis

September 14, 2006

TV shows such as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" have popularized the role of forensic science in solving crimes. Now, computer security experts at the

New Reference Materials Support Industrial Zeolites

September 14, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued three new reference materials to support researchers studying the properties of

Small, Low-noise Oscillator May Help in Surveillance

September 14, 2006

A new design for a microwave oscillator that is smaller, simpler, and produces clearer signals at a single frequency than comparable devices has been invented

Joint Quantum Institute Created by University of Maryland, NIST and NSA

September 11, 2006

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Today, the University of Maryland (UM), the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the National

NIST's World Trade Center Investigation

September 8, 2006

(9/8/2006, ARCHIVE, incorporated into 9/19/2011 update) What is NIST? The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the Commerce

New Fact Sheet Addresses Questions on WTC Report

August 31, 2006

When the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the final report in October 2005 from its technical investigation of the fires and

October Summit to Focus on Healthcare Technology

August 31, 2006

Americans are living longer than ever. As the senior population grows over the coming years, increasing the quality of healthcare while reducing costs will

Meeting to Examine Industry Impact of Chemical Controls

August 31, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has co-organized with U.S. industry a workshop to address the increasing pressure on manufacturers

Workshops Address How to Avoid Progressive Collapse

August 31, 2006

The 1995 bombing that triggered the collapse of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla., first raised concerns in the United States about

How-To Guide for Removing Data from Storage Media

August 31, 2006

Before ditching or donating that used computer, CD or other data-storage media, sensitive or personal information should be properly "sanitized," according to a

New Web Database Improves Access to Ionic Liquid Data

August 17, 2006

Chemical engineers and others designing "green" industrial processes using new ionic liquid solvents now have an important new resource, an on-line database of

Putting Search and Rescue Robots Through Their Paces

August 17, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, is

NIST Scientists Use Electron Beam to Unravel the Secrets of an 'Atomic Switch'

August 17, 2006

GAITHERSBURG, MD –Scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used a beam of electrons to move a single

NIST scientist David Jacobson prepares an experimental fuel cell for real-time imaging

NIST's New Advanced Imaging Facility Peers Inside Hydrogen Fuel Cells

August 15, 2006

GAITHERSBURG, MD –Thanks to a new and improved imaging instrument at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), scientists

Links Between DNA Damage and Breast Cancer Studied

August 3, 2006

Researchers from the Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have uncovered a pattern of DNA

NIST Makes Changes to Key Security Publication

August 3, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on a draft revision of Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information

Workshop Addresses Imaging Technology in Therapeutics

August 3, 2006

Increasingly, medical and pharmaceutical researchers are looking to biomedical imaging as a tool to track disease progress, speed drug discovery and improve

Two NIST Researchers Earn Presidential Honors

August 3, 2006

The White House has announced that two researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are among the 56 recipients of the 2005

'Micro-boxes' of Water Used to Study Single Molecules

July 20, 2006

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the use of water droplets as minuscule "boxes" for small numbers of

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