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If you wanted to know if your child had a fever or be certain that the roast in the oven was thoroughly cooked, you would, of course, use a thermometer that you
The Baldrige National Quality Program recently published "blinded" (anonymous) scoring data on 1,033 applicants for the Baldrige National Quality Award during
Two publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) describe new capabilities for authentication systems using smart cards or other
The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has sent two experts to California to assist in collecting data on structural
High-performance optical networks are susceptible to degrading effects that can change over time. Knowledge of the degradation can be used to diagnose the
Airline travelers are used to being instructed to turn off computers and cell phones during takeoffs and landings as a precaution against interfering with the
Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have issued a new certified reference material--a standardized sample backed by NIST--for
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued three new certified reference materials for soil. Intended for use as controls in testing
The sandwich recipe recently concocted by scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may prove tasty for computer chip
A new publication that recommends best practices for the next generation of portable biometric acquisition devices--Mobile ID--has been published by the
On Oct. 6, 2009, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) will sponsor a technology transfer and commercialization showcase for bio-imaging
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA) are cosponsoring the Biometric Consortium Conference 2009 on
In what may prove to be a major development for scientists in fields ranging from forensics to quantum communications, researchers at the National Institute of
The century-old challenge of transporting acetylene may have been solved in principle by a team of scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that EnerNex Corporation, Knoxville, Tenn
Dr. Craig Brown, an instrument scientist for the Disk Chopper Spectrometer at the NIST Center for Neutron Research, will receive a PECASE award for showing
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its final version of a publication that represents a major step toward building a unified
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) have published a report on the inaugural meeting
As a result of a major inter-laboratory study, the standards body ASTM International has been able to update its guidelines for a commonly used technique for
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new calibration technique that will improve the reliability and
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated sustained, reliable information processing operations on electrically
An experimental atomic clock based on ytterbium atoms is about four times more accurate than it was several years ago, giving it a precision comparable to that
BOULDER, Colo.—Raising prospects for building a practical quantum computer, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have
Commercial process-design software that incorporates NIST's thermophysical and thermochemical property data sets will receive a 2009 R&D 100 award, R&D Magazine
The masterpieces that spring from the talents of Rembrandt, Van Gogh and other artists often begin with the creation of a gradient of colors on a palette. In a