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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a chip on which laser light interacts with a tiny cloud of atoms to serve
NIST researchers have pioneered a process that drastically simplifies fabrication of the kind of nanoscale microchip features that may soon form the basis of a
The Spring 2018 NICE eNewsletter has been published to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments related to the
Imagine a single particle, only one-tenth the diameter of a bacterium, whose miniscule jiggles induce sustained vibrations in an entire mechanical device some
NIST helps to ensure the quality of steel, one of the most widely traded commodities on the planet. The Material Measurement Lab at NIST makes certified
NIST releases the Summary of Activities for Fiscal Year (Yearly Report) 2017 of ITL’s Applied and Computational Mathematics Division. The report summarizes
NIST releases Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8011 Volume 3, Automation Support for Security Control Assessments: Software Asset Management. This
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a cooperative agreement with Florida
Dear Friend of Baldrige,
First, I want to thank you, the Baldrige community, for everything you do to engage with, support, and promote the program and its
The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has issued a Memo to provide guidance that will help Federal departments and agencies pinpoint their
NICE has launched the Apprenticeship Subgroup, a new public working group within the charter of the NICE Working Group. Girish Seshagiri and Jennifer Carlson
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now providing a new measurement service that can improve the quality of magnetic resonance imaging
Accurately detecting, locating and quantifying leaks of methane, the main component of natural gas and a major fuel source worldwide, is critically important
For the past three years, an important broker has had its eyes on a prime piece of property that it wants to allocate to multiple tenants to ensure maximum use
The United States continues to have complete dependence on information technology deployed in critical infrastructure systems and applications in both the
Across the American West’s Rocky and Sierra mountains, miners dug for gold, silver, zinc and lead to make their fortunes in the Gold Rush of the 19th and early
A new NIST standard ensures reliably accurate comparisons of measurements of the purity of tens of thousands of organic materials used throughout the world—in
NIST releases Certification of Standard Reference Material 2372a Human DNA Quantitation Standard (NIST Special Publication 260-189), a publication produced by
NIST contributes to public safety with materials that increase the confidence of first responders to detect biothreats in the field. NIST’s Material Measurement
NIST released Special Publication 500-325, Fog Computing Conceptual Model, a report that presents the conceptual models of fog and mist computing and how they
The Pilot Study — read 2016 article details — was completed in late 2016 and the Final Report was published on the BIPM website in June of 2017. The main
February 17, 2018 marked the culmination of ten years of planning and construction for NIST’s NSLS-II Spectroscopy Beamline Suite, with first light at the Soft