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"Guide to Secure Web Services" Provides Blueprint to Safer Web 2.0

September 13, 2007

Many Web-based services, from shopping to online word processing, allow computer programs to talk to each other and exchange user data across several Web sites

$Optical profilometer image of the broken surface of a glass rod shows height of peaks and valleys of the fracture surface in millionths of a meter.$

New Guide Available for Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses

September 13, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently issued a guide to Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses (NIST Special Publication SP 960-16)

Probing a Rare Material Spin State at NIST

September 13, 2007

A team of international physicists that includes researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found experimental evidence of a

annealing process image

NIST Team Develops Novel Method for Nanostructured Polymer Thin Films

September 13, 2007

All researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wanted was a simple, quick method for making thin films of block copolymers or BCPs

Colorized micrograph of a silicon micro-cantilever

'Radio Wave Cooling' Offers New Twist on Laser Cooling

September 13, 2007

Visible and ultraviolet laser light has been used for years to cool trapped atoms—and more recently larger objects—by reducing the extent of their thermal

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

Firebrand Generator

NIST Firebrand Device Could Save U.S. and Japanese Homes

September 13, 2007

Crackling embers and glowing firebrands might make for a romantic evening in front of the fireplace, but for homeowners in high fire-risk areas, windborne fire

NIST Votes for U.S. 'Approval with Comments' on Office Open XML Standard to Meet International Voting Deadline

August 31, 2007

In preparation for the September 2 international voting deadline, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has supported

JILA Physicist is Finalist for Service to America Medal

August 30, 2007

Konrad Lehnert, a physicist at JILA, is a finalist for the 2007 Service to America medals, presented annually by the non-profit, non-partisan Partnership for

Upgraded Software Makes ID Verification Testing Easier

August 30, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released an improved version of its Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Data Generator, a

NIST Measures Challenges for Wireless in Factories

August 30, 2007

Factories have much to gain from wireless technology, such as robot control, RFID tag monitoring, and local-area network (LAN) communications. Wireless systems

Longer is Better for Nanotube Optical Properties

August 30, 2007

If you want to exploit the ability of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) to absorb, fluoresce and scatter light, take the advice of a sandlot quarterback

Flames coming out of the first doorway of a test structure after the floor has collapsed into the basement.

Fire Tests Examine Structural Collapse Hazards and Warning Devices

August 30, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted experiments this week in Sharon Hill, Pa., on the hazards of fires under residential floors

Cartoon illustrates new NIST technique for selectively modifying resistance of a semiconductor device layer.

Nanoscale Blasting Adjusts Resistance in Magnetic Sensors

August 16, 2007

A new process for adjusting the resistance of semiconductor devices by carpeting a small area of the device with tiny pits, like a yard dug up by demented

Photo of ginkgo leaves

Ginkgo SRMs: Tools for Product Analysis/Quality

August 16, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a suite of Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for ginkgo biloba, one of the most popular

High-magnification scanning electron micrograph of the leg of an osteoblast

Layered Approach May Yield Stronger, More Successful Bone Implants

August 16, 2007

Researchers from the American Dental Association Foundation (ADAF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method for

SRMs Track Fire Retardants in Humans and Environment

August 16, 2007

If only the flame retardant chemicals routinely added to consumer products from carpets to cell phones just did their job and nothing more. Health officials

New NIST Calibration Service 'Arms' Phasors for More Reliable Power Grids

August 16, 2007

While the new calibration service for phasor measurement units (PMUs) offered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sounds like it would

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, UMBI to Expand Cooperation in Bioresearch

August 16, 2007

Officials from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) signed a Memorandum of

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

Workshop Focuses on Digital Exchange of Biometric Info

August 16, 2007

"America's Most Wanted" meets Web 2.0 as researchers develop an additional implementation of a data format that allows disparate law enforcement agencies to

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

Improved NIST SRM Aids Lead Poisoning Detection

August 3, 2007

Lead in goat blood might not be on the top of your shopping list, but for U.S. medical personnel who each year perform more than 2 million human blood

Illustration of a nano-layerof Ruthenium in a magnetic sensors

Nano-layer of Ruthenium Stabilizes Magnetic Sensors

August 3, 2007

A layer of ruthenium just a few atoms thick can be used to fine-tune the sensitivity and enhance the reliability of magnetic sensors, tests at the National