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NIST Seeks Diverse Team for Constructing State-of-the-Art Laboratory

May 31, 2000

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, is soliciting proposals for the services...

Proposed Agreement Aims to Simplify Lab Accreditation

May 23, 2000

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department's Technology Administration, and the National Cooperation for...

United States and Republic of Korea Sign Standards Agreement to Enhance Trade and Commerce

May 9, 2000

Secretary William M. Daley and Republic of Korea Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Kim Young-ho today signed an agreement that will establish a new...

NIST's Cornell Elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 2, 2000

Eric A. Cornell, a physicist at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, has been elected a member of the National Academy of...

NIST/Lucent Team Develops Method for Ultraprecise

April 27, 2000

Researchers from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and Bell Laboratories of Lucent Technologies have teamed to produce a...

Help for Small Manufacturers in Making Plants

March 23, 2000

Smaller manufacturers now will have access to "lean manufacturing" training previously available only to large companies, thanks to a recently formed...

President Clinton Today Presents 1999 Baldrige Quality Award to Two Manufacturers, Two Service Companies

February 25, 2000

In a ceremony in Washington, D.C., President Clinton and Commerce Secretary William M. Daley today presented the 1999 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award to...

'Baldrige Index' Outperforms S&P 500 by Almost 5 to 1

February 25, 2000

Although you will not find it listed in the financial section of the newspaper, the "Baldrige Index" has once again outperformed the Standard & Poor's 500-this...

NIST Links to State Weights and Measures Labs in New MEASUREnet-gov

January 21, 2000

Consumers and businesses can look forward to improved accuracy in the system of weights and measures thanks to MEASUREnet-gov, a new effort at the National...

NIST Scientists Cross the Bridge between Atomic and Real Worlds

January 19, 2000

In 1996, researchers at the Boulder, Colo., laboratories of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology confirmed the belief that a...

Wieman and Cornell Receive Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics

January 13, 2000

Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado at Boulder and Eric Cornell of the National Institute of Standards and Technology have been awarded the 2000 Benjamin...

Neutron Trapping Demonstrated for First Time at NIST

January 5, 2000

Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that they can confine neutrons, one of the basic particles of matter, in a three-dimensional magnetic trap, an...

NIST-F1 Cesium Fountain Clock

December 29, 1999

There's nothing like the joy of receiving a precision timepiece as a holiday gift. Thanks to the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and...

Eleven Local Residents Receive High Honors from Commerce Department

December 7, 1999

Commerce Secretary William Daley today presented 11 local employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology with Gold and Silver Medal Awards— the...

New Values for Natural Constants Available on NIST Web Site

December 6, 1999

New values for the fundamental constants of nature are now available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce...

International Measurement Database Goes Online

December 2, 1999

Measurement-related questions and disputes, including those that can hinder global commerce, soon may be resolved with a click of a computer mouse thanks to a...

Uriano Award Presented to Three Local Residents

December 1, 1999

Three National Institute of Standards and Technology employees have received the George A. Uriano Award for outstanding achievements in building or...

Laytonsville Man Honored for Distinguished Science Writing

December 1, 1999

John R.D. Copley, today received the Edward Uhler Condon Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Copley is a physicist in the NIST...

35 Local Residents Earn NIST Bronze Medal Awards

December 1, 1999

For contributions ranging from creating an international database of measurement comparisons to developing a training program on lean manufacturing, 35...

Local Residents Honored with NIST Crittenden Award

December 1, 1999

Six local employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology were honored today with the Eugene Casson Crittenden Award. The award, established in...

Two NIST Scientists Honored for Education Efforts

December 1, 1999

Marc F. Desrosiers, and Paul D. Lett, today received the Equal Employment Opportunity/Diversity Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

NIST-MEP Help Center Will Offer Around-the-Clock Y2K Help to Small Businesses

December 1, 1999

The Y2K Help Center for Small Business will be open 24 hours a day starting on Dec. 30, 1999, through Jan. 7, 2000, to offer free Y2K assistance to small...

Dixson and Fu Receive NIST Applied Research Award

December 1, 1999

Ronald G. Dixson, and Joseph N. Fu, today received the Applied Research Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dixson, a physicist, and...

Team from Two Labs Receives NIST Astin Measurement Science Award

December 1, 1999

A team of researchers from two laboratories at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has received the 1999 Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award...

Advanced Technology Program Announces 2000 Competition

November 29, 1999

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced a new competition for fiscal year 2000 to co-fund new, innovative R&D...

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