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33 Local Employees Earn DOC Awards

November 13, 2007

The U.S. Department of Commerce has presented 33 local employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with Gold and Silver Medal Awards

Celebrating the 2007 Physics Nobel Prize Winners

November 9, 2007

This week, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have joined colleagues around in the world in congratulating Albert Fert of

NIST Researchers Receive Early Career Presidential Awards

November 8, 2007

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers Kathryn L. Beers and Joshua C. Bienfang have been awarded the Presidential Early Career Awards

Reminder: Turn Your Clocks Back on Sunday, November 4

October 26, 2007

Daylight Saving Time (DST) will end on Sunday, November 4, 2007, as determined by new rules implemented this year. On November 4 at 2 AM local time, clocks

NIST Staff Honored in 2007 Presidential Rank Awards

October 25, 2007

Four members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) staff have been honored in the 2007 Presidential Rank Awards. The awards recognize

Biopharmaceutical Infrastructure Key to Lower Drug Development Costs

October 11, 2007

Improvements to the technology infrastructure for researching and developing new biopharmaceuticals would be expected to save the industry hundreds of millions

Experts to Review Life-Saving Homeland Security Standards

September 27, 2007

The terrorist threat to the global transportation system, private-sector implementation of the preparedness provisions of the 9/11 Commission recommendations

NIST Announces 56 New Awards For Innovative Technology R&D

September 27, 2007

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced 56 new awards for innovative industrial research and development

NIST, SRC-NRI Enter Partnership to Drive Search for Next-Generation Computer Technology

September 13, 2007

Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the world's leading university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies, and the Commerce

Commerce Department to Host National Summit on Competitiveness

August 16, 2007

Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez will host a national meeting of private and public sector officials that will focus on promoting innovation and economic

America COMPETES Act Brings Immediate Changes to NIST

August 16, 2007

On Aug. 9, the President signed the America COMPETES Act (Public Law Number 110-69), which authorizes funding for the National Institute of Standards and

NIST Votes for U.S. Conditional Approval of Office Open XML Standard

August 10, 2007

August 10, 2007--The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has voted for conditional approval of a proposed international

New NIST Measurement Office Focuses on Innovation

July 20, 2007

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Director William Jeffrey has named Clare Allocca as the chief of NIST's new United States Measurement

Evaluations Aim to Advance Translation Technology

July 20, 2007

Wartime military patrols and civilian encounters can be especially dangerous if neither group understands the other's language. To help American forces secure

NIST Status Update on World Trade Center 7 Investigation

June 29, 2007

A team of scientists and engineers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is investigating the collapse of New

Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Announces Selection of 2007-2008 Commerce Science and Technology Fellows

June 14, 2007

WASHINGTON, DC —Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced that 16 individuals have been selected to participate in the Commerce Science and

Fiftieth Anniversary of First Digital Image Marked

May 24, 2007

It was a grainy image of a baby—just 5 centimeters by 5 centimeters—but it turned out to be the well from which satellite imaging, CAT scans, bar codes on

Commerce's NIST and Montgomery County Public Schools Partner to Strengthen Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education

April 19, 2007

Statement from Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski on the NIST-MCPS Agreement GAITHERSBURG, MD—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and

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