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Improved Infrared Chemical Analysis Possible With New NIST Invention

March 28, 1994

A new device and technique recently patented by a National Institute of Standards and Technology scientist may lead to dramatic improvements in infrared...

A Blink Of Technology: Femtosecond Chemistry Redefining Molecular Interactions

March 21, 1994

PITTSBURGH—Using ultrafast optics and lasers, physicists and chemists are opening a portal through which they can view the subtlest and quickest changes in...

Federal Funds Available for State Technology Programs from NIST

March 17, 1994

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced funding is available for state projects to plan, coordinate and, in...

Shield for Radiation Therapy Developed in Dental Program at NIST

March 16, 1994

A dental researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has invented a new shielding material and method for protecting healthy body tissues...

NIST, Industry Partners Form Consortium To Help Building Systems Communicate

March 1, 1994

Nine control system manufacturers and one software company have joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology in a cooperative research and...

U.S., Canada Renew Laboratory Accreditation Agreement To Spur International Trade

February 22, 1994

The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Standards Council of Canada today renewed an agreement to help...

Defense Conversion Funds Make Iowa Manufacturing Technology Center A Reality

February 16, 1994

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown and Congressman Neal Smith (D-Iowa), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and...

NIST Calls for Partners in Developing Key Escrowing Hardware

February 4, 1994

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today an opportunity to join a cooperative research consortium for...

NIST Announces Voluntary Escrowed Encryption Standard To Promote Secure Telecommunications

February 4, 1994

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today the approval of a voluntary standard that can be used by...

Wozny Named New Head Of NIST Manufacturing Lab

January 14, 1994

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced that Michael J. Wozny is the new director of the technology agency's Manufacturing Engineering...

Partners Wanted To Help Create "Virtual Library"

January 7, 1994

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking industrial and academic partners to join a cooperative research consortium to develop technology...

NIST Offers Expanded Database on Properties of Alternative Refrigerants

January 5, 1994

A newly expanded database on the physical properties of alternative refrigerants will help U.S. industry convert from chemicals that are thought to harm the...

PC Database Offers Rapid Access to Reaction Rates of Ligands in Solutions

December 17, 1993

NIST Standard Reference Database 46, NIST Critical Stability Constants of Metal Complexes, provides research chemists and chemical engineers with rapid access...

NIST Develops Tests to Determine Fire Safety of Cigarettes

December 16, 1993

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed two tests that can be used to measure the likelihood that a cigarette will...

President Clinton Presents National Quality Award To Eastman Chemical, Ames Rubber

December 14, 1993

President Clinton today presented the nation's top award for excellence in quality management—the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award—to two U.S. companies...

ICSP to Hold Open Seminar on Voluntary Standards in Government

December 14, 1993

The Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-119, "Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Standards," encourages government use of...

New NIST-Invented Device to Help Radiologists Improve Image Quality in Mammography

November 22, 1993

A new device invented at the National Institute of Standards and Technology will help radiologists improve image quality in mammography, one of medicine's most...

NIST Computer Program Helps Predict, Solve Moisture Problems in Walls, Ceilings

November 19, 1993

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, along with colleagues at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, have...

New "One Stop" Industry Guide to NIST Programs and Services Available

November 16, 1993

A new publication describing more than 250 different research projects, grants and industry outreach programs, services and research facilities at the Commerce...

Physicists Use Laser Light to Focus Atoms on Surfaces

November 4, 1993

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have successfully demonstrated a rapid new process for fabricating infinitesimally small...

Government/Industry to Collaborate to Develop Mercury-Free Dental Material

October 28, 1993

A mercury-free, direct filling alternative for conventional dental amalgams is being developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The new...

NIST Manufacturing Centers Will Host Resident SBA Experts in Expanded Coop Program

October 18, 1993

Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown and U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Erskine Bowles announced today an agreement to establish Small Business...

New Panel to Address Federal Open Systems Compatibility

October 7, 1993

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has named an interagency panel to review open systems network requirements and recommend policies on the use...

Weights and Measures Group to Work on Verifying Accuracy of Retail Prices

September 30, 1993

In response to nationwide public concern about price accuracy in retail stores, the National Conference on Weights and Measures has established a Working Group...

Federal Scientists Develop New Ways to Measure Hydrogen in Metals and Other Materials

August 22, 1993

Failed turbine blades, fouled silicon chips, faltering superconductors. Blame them on hydrogen. Hydrogen poses problems when too much of it gets into processed...

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