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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

Dynamic Fracture in Steel

December 2, 2008

On May 7, 2008, MML and Mississippi State University co-hosted a workshop to discuss recent advances in fracture toughness testing of structural materials. This

Steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence from relaxed and strained GaN nanowires grown by catalyst-free molecular-beam epitaxy

December 1, 2008

Gallium nitride (GaN)-based semiconductors have successfully been incorporated into commercial light emitting diodes and commercial laser diodes that operate

Confocal Raman microscopy image

NIST 'Stress Tests' Probe Nanoscale Strains in Materials

November 25, 2008

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated their ability to measure relatively low levels of stress or strain in

NIST Physicist Wins OSA's First Walther Award

November 25, 2008

NIST physicist David Wineland will receive the inaugural Herbert Walther Award in recognition of his "seminal contributions to quantum information physics and

Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Joins President Bush in Announcing 2008 Baldrige National Quality Awards

November 25, 2008

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez joined President George W. Bush in announcing the 2008 recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National

Graphic showing the buckling of WTC 7 Column 79

NIST Releases Final WTC 7 Investigation Report

November 25, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week released its final report on the Sept. 11, 2001, collapse of the 47-story World Trade Center

A nurse welcomes two new arrivals at Poudre Valley Hospital, part of the Poudre Valley Health System honored with the 2008 Baldrige National Quality Award.

Three Organizations Selected for 2008 Baldrige National Quality Award

November 25, 2008

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and President Bush today announced that three organizations are the recipients

Final Strategic Plan for Earthquake Hazard Studies Published

November 25, 2008

The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) has just published a new strategic plan to guide the activities of the four federal agencies that

NIST Leads Revision of International Coordinate Measuring Machine Standard

November 25, 2008

A new testing procedure just published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) represents the final step in a decade-long effort led by the

semiconductor graphic illustration

Neutron Researchers Discover Widely Sought Property in Magnetic Semiconductor

November 25, 2008

Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated for the first time the existence of a key magnetic—as opposed

NIST scientist Yuqin Zong

Bright Idea Illuminates LED Standards

November 25, 2008

The lack of common measurement methods among light-emitting diode (LED) and lighting manufacturers has affected the commercialization of solid-state lighting

facial image obtained by facial recognition system

Saying 'Cheese' for More Effective Border Security

November 25, 2008

Facial recognition systems perform some very challenging tasks such as checking an individual's photo against a database of known or suspected criminals. The

Robots being trained to map spaces using their sensors

Rescue Robot Exercise Brings Together Robots, Developers, First Responders

November 25, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a rescue robot exercise in Texas last week in which about three dozen robots were tested by

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

Vincent Luciani Joins the CNST as Manager of the NanoFab

November 24, 2008

The CNST is pleased to announce that Vincent Luciani has joined NIST as the new NanoFab Manager. Vincent has over 30 years of private industry experience in

Congratulations to the Recipients of the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

November 24, 2008

Congratulations to the 2008 recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. In our great Nation, all citizens have an opportunity to forge their own

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

Two NIST Researchers' Papers Recognized in Ceramics 'Best Of' Collection

November 12, 2008

Two materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have papers in a special list of the "11 best papers" published by the

The 2009 RoboCup Nanosoccer competition will be played on the gold-colored microchip seen through the window of the "world's smallest soccer stadium." The chip is divided into 16 playing fields each the size of a grain of rice.

Let the Games Begin! Nanosoccer at 2009 RoboCup in Austria

November 12, 2008

The World Cup may be two years away, but soccer aficionados can get an early start at satisfying their yen for global competition when the National Institute of

NIST Researcher Receives Kudos for Images of Labs on a Chip

November 12, 2008

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) bioengineer Greg Cooksey is equally talented behind the lens of a camera as he is engineering complex

NCI and NIST Propose Online Community To Speed Up Development of Nanotech Standards

November 12, 2008

Federal government and U.S. industry scientists are forging ahead with plans to establish an international online forum for collaboration that aims to

NIST, Columbia Honored for 1931 Discovery of Heavy Hydrogen

November 12, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Columbia University have been named by the American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of the History

NIST Receives 64 Submissions for New 'Hash' Algorithm

November 12, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has received a total of 64 submissions for a competition to develop a new cryptographic "hash"