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NIST Can Help You 'MBARK' onto Better Biometric Systems

July 20, 2006

Once a tool primarily used by law enforcement to help identify criminals, biometric technologies increasingly are being used by government and the private

NIST Director Testifies on Voting Machine Standards

July 20, 2006

On July 19, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Director Bill Jeffrey testified before the House Committee on Science and the Committee on

Road to AC Voltage Standard Leads to Important Junction

July 20, 2006

After 10 years of research, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled the world's first precision instrument for directly measuring

NIST physicist Jim Bergquist with the mercury ion clock

Mercury Atomic Clock Keeps Time with Record Accuracy

July 14, 2006

BOULDER, COLO.—An experimental atomic clock based on a single mercury atom is now at least five times more precise than the national standard clock based on a

NIST Grant to University of Maryland Steps Up the Agency's Nanotechnology Efforts

July 6, 2006

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have joined in a $1.5 million

False-color images of 1, 2, 3, 6, and 12 magnesium ions loaded into NIST's new planar ion trap

New Ion Trap May Lead to Large Quantum Computers

July 6, 2006

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed and built a novel electromagnetic trap for ions that could be easily mass

A worker in a protective cab on a NIST-developed revolutionary robotic platform

NIST RoboCrane Cuts Aircraft Maintenance Costs

July 6, 2006

A revolutionary robotic platform developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been adapted for the U.S. Air Force to address the

Researchers Peg Magnetism as Key Driver of High-Temperature Superconductivity

July 6, 2006

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—When it comes to superconductivity, magnetic excitations may top good vibrations. Writing in the July 6, 2006, issue of Nature, scientists

Rust Never Sleeps: New SRM Aids Coated Steel Industry

July 6, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new reference material to aid quality control in the steel coatings industry. The new

Commerce's NIST Sending Experts to Examine Missouri Building Collapse

June 27, 2006

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it is immediately sending two structural

Seventy-Six Apply for Nation's Top Honor for Excellence

June 22, 2006

Seventy-six organizations have sent the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) their applications for the 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality

NIST's FISMA Team Receives AFFIRM Leadership Award

June 22, 2006

The Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM) recently awarded a team of NIST employees the Leadership in Service to the Government IT

Improved Rating for Residential Fuel Cells

June 22, 2006

A new performance rating system for residential fuel cells developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help prospective buyers

Noise Measurement May Boost Cell Phone Performance

June 22, 2006

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and industry collaborators have developed improved methods for accurately measuring

Draft Guide Will Help Make WLANs More Secure

June 22, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is requesting comments on a new draft guide that is intended to help organizations make wireless local area

NIST Reports Stricter Adherence to Standards and Codes, Recognition of Storm Surge as Keys to Minimizing Structural Damage from Hurricanes

June 9, 2006

Performance of Physical Structures in Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita: A Reconnaissance Report (NIST Technical Note 1476) (7 mb .pdf file, requires Acrobat

Q&As on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Reconnaissance and Assessment of Damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

June 9, 2006

1. Why did NIST assess damage from Hurricane Katrina when there are othergroups doing the same thing? Each of the agencies involved in reconnaissance and

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Office of the Director

News and Updates

NIST Can Help You 'MBARK' onto Better Biometric Systems

NIST Director Testifies on Voting Machine Standards

Road to AC Voltage Standard Leads to Important Junction

Mercury Atomic Clock Keeps Time with Record Accuracy

NIST Grant to University of Maryland Steps Up the Agency's Nanotechnology Efforts

New Ion Trap May Lead to Large Quantum Computers

NIST RoboCrane Cuts Aircraft Maintenance Costs

Researchers Peg Magnetism as Key Driver of High-Temperature Superconductivity

Rust Never Sleeps: New SRM Aids Coated Steel Industry

Commerce's NIST Sending Experts to Examine Missouri Building Collapse

Seventy-Six Apply for Nation's Top Honor for Excellence

NIST's FISMA Team Receives AFFIRM Leadership Award

Improved Rating for Residential Fuel Cells

Noise Measurement May Boost Cell Phone Performance

Draft Guide Will Help Make WLANs More Secure

NIST Reports Stricter Adherence to Standards and Codes, Recognition of Storm Surge as Keys to Minimizing Structural Damage from Hurricanes

Q&As on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Reconnaissance and Assessment of Damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

NIST Software Makes Fire Gear Choice Easier

Designer Gradients Speed Surface Science Experiments

Circuit Board Materials May Like It Hot (or Not)

Three NIST Scientists Receive Flemming Awards

Gulf Coast MEP Centers to Help Manufacturers Recover

Neuronal Cell Cultures Kept on the Straight and Narrow

Still More Accurate After All These Years

Sample Baldrige Application Available for Non-profits

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