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How do jumbo jet designers develop resilient materials for modern airframes, while still bringing in their projects on time and on budget? Before they prototype
GPS usually works great outdoors, but what if you’re disoriented in a large building such as a museum or a mall? There are no smartphone apps for indoor
Rodney Petersen, Director of NICE, participated in a panel discussion on the topic of “Building Capacity to Meet Talent Needs” at the Technology Councils of
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (Academies) has joined as the first non-agency cosponsor of the Community Resilience Panel for
In movies and television, computers can quickly identify a person in a crowded arena from tiny, grainy video images. But that is often not the reality when it
Using a state-of-the-art microscopy technique, experimenters at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have witnessed a
Marian Merritt, NICE Lead for Industry Engagement, and Danielle Santos, NICE Program Manager provided a workshop at the WiCyS conference held last week in
April is National Welding Month, a time dedicated to highlighting accomplishments in this important field. At NIST in the 1960s, Ralph Orwick of the NIST
The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) has approved the Standard Guide for Sampling Seized Drugs for Qualitative and
BALTIMORE—Noting that “this public-private partnership generates $1 billion per year in economic impact,” U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross presented four
The Spring 2017 NICE eNewsletter has been published to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments related to NICE
By capping liquids with graphene, an ultrathin sheet of pure carbon, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their
Most people have never seen an accelerometer -- a device that measures change in velocity -- and wouldn’t know where to look. Yet accelerometers have become
Adding to strong recent demonstrations that particles of light perform what Einstein called “spooky action at a distance,” in which two separated objects can
Semiconductors are the cornerstone of modern electronics. They’re used in solar cells, light emitting diodes (LEDs), microprocessors in laptops and cell phones
How fast will a quantum computer be able to calculate? While fully functional versions of these long-sought technological marvels have yet to be built, one
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Advisory Board welcomes eight new members. The MEP Advisory Board
Each year, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program gathers feedback on what training changes could most benefit Baldrige examiners’ work and Baldrige Award
The Ion Storage group at NIST Boulder will be holding a new Ion Trap Conference at our laboratory. The conference will be similar in scope and aims to the
The NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) is pleased to announce the release of the Winter 2017 edition of The CNST News. This quarterly
A recent study by the W.E. Upjohn Institute found the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)
In work that could help make possible a faster, longer-lasting and lower-energy method of data storage for consumers and businesses, researchers at the National
NICE is seeking timely, topical and thought-provoking presentations for our 2017 annual conference and expo. This conference is an opportunity to bring together