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NIST Technology Innovation Program Announces New R&D Projects To Develop Infrastructure Monitoring and Inspection Technologies

January 6, 2009

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced nine awards for new research projects to develop advanced sensing...

Nine NIST Staff Become New APS Fellows

December 9, 2008

Nine staff members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been elected new fellows of the American Physical Society, the largest...

Department of Commerce (DOC) Metrology, Standards and Conformity Assessment Program

December 4, 2008

The United States and China highlighted the importance of open trade and investment by signing a new agreement on December 4, 2008 in Beijing. The Protocol...

Seventy-One Staff Members Earn Departmental Bronze and Other NIST Awards

December 3, 2008

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently presented 71 staff members with the Departmental...

NIST Awards $24 Million in Grants for New University Research Facilities

November 25, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded grants totaling more than $24 million to three universities to provide cost-shared support...

NIST Awards $24 Million in Grants For New Research Facilities Dedicated to Quantum Measurement, Marine Ecology

November 24, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it is awarding grants totaling more than $24 million to three universities to...

42 Employees Earn DOC Awards

November 19, 2008

The U.S. Department of Commerce has presented 42 employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with Gold and Silver Medal Awards—the...

Blue Ribbon Commission Issues Findings on NIST Safety

November 7, 2008

Gaithersburg, MD—A blue ribbon commission of safety and management experts issued a report today describing the adequacy of safety programs at the Commerce...

Three Recognized by ANSI for Standards Development Activities

October 28, 2008

Three staff members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were honored last week by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for...

Updated Standards Site Offers New Support for Exports to Asia

October 1, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is supporting the re-launch of www.StandardsPortal.org, an online resource that facilitates...

NIST Takes Additional Steps to Strengthen Safety at Its Boulder Laboratories

September 16, 2008

Boulder, Colo. -- Acting upon several internal and external investigations and reports, including a recent safety audit conducted with the assistance of the...

Physicist David J. Wineland of NIST Boulder Laboratories in Colorado

NIST Physicist David J. Wineland Awarded 2007 National Medal of Science

August 25, 2008

BOULDER, Colo.—Physicist David J. Wineland of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been awarded the 2007 National...

NIST WTC 7 Investigation Finds Building Fires Caused Collapse

August 21, 2008

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The fall of the 47-story World Trade Center building 7 (WTC 7) in New York City late in the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, was primarily due to...

Ultra-sensitive Tests Confirm No Significant Health Risks Expected from Plutonium Exposures

August 14, 2008

Boulder, Colo. — Confirming earlier assessments, new results from ultrasensitive medical tests and related dose analyses indicate that none of the 29 personnel...

NIST Advisory Group Welcomes Berkeley Professor

August 6, 2008

Ruzena Bajcsy, an electrical engineering and computer science professor at the University of California, Berkeley, has been chosen to serve on the primary...

NIST Commits to Action for Strengthening Safety NIST Responds to Investigative Report, City of Boulder Regarding Safety Improvements

July 30, 2008

Gaithersburg, Md. – Responding to shortcomings highlighted by a June 9 spill of plutonium at its Boulder, Colo., laboratory, the National Institute of Standards...

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Office of the Director

News and Updates

NIST Technology Innovation Program Announces New R&D Projects To Develop Infrastructure Monitoring and Inspection Technologies

Nine NIST Staff Become New APS Fellows

Department of Commerce (DOC) Metrology, Standards and Conformity Assessment Program

Seventy-One Staff Members Earn Departmental Bronze and Other NIST Awards

NIST Awards $24 Million in Grants for New University Research Facilities

NIST Awards $24 Million in Grants For New Research Facilities Dedicated to Quantum Measurement, Marine Ecology

42 Employees Earn DOC Awards

Blue Ribbon Commission Issues Findings on NIST Safety

Three Recognized by ANSI for Standards Development Activities

Updated Standards Site Offers New Support for Exports to Asia

NIST Takes Additional Steps to Strengthen Safety at Its Boulder Laboratories

NIST Physicist David J. Wineland Awarded 2007 National Medal of Science

NIST WTC 7 Investigation Finds Building Fires Caused Collapse

Ultra-sensitive Tests Confirm No Significant Health Risks Expected from Plutonium Exposures

NIST Advisory Group Welcomes Berkeley Professor

NIST Commits to Action for Strengthening Safety NIST Responds to Investigative Report, City of Boulder Regarding Safety Improvements

NIST Extends Proposal Deadline for Construction Grant Program

NIST Seeks New Members for Eight Advisory Committees

Reports from Five Radiation Safety and Health Experts on the June 9 Plutonium Incident

No Significant Health Risks Expected from Plutonium Exposures

NIST Response to NRC Confirmatory Action Letter

Medical Tests Indicate Internal Contamination Due to June 9 Plutonium Incident

Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Announces Selection of 2008-2009 Commerce Science and Technology Fellows

2008-2009 Commerce Science and Technology Fellows Announced

Plutonium Discharge into Sink Below Federal and State Limits

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