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A new report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) describes how researchers analyzed a major 2011 Texas wildland fire using a rigorous
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GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a competition to award its first
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a competition to award its first
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a new round of financial support for developing undergraduate- and graduate-level
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The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) at NIST released data this week that document the scope of services provided to U.S. organizations in every
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is offering a limited number of seats in its 2016 examiner preparation course for a fee through its Baldrige
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The U.S. Department of Commerce today released details of the President's budget request for fiscal year 2017 for the National Institute of Standards and
NIST's Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) will hold its public meetings in Las Vegas, Nevada on Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 22 and 23, 2016. The
Guest blog post by Willie E. May, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director. Strong cybersecurity starts at the top. When the
On Monday, Feb. 8, 2016, the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) will celebrate its move to expanded new facilities with a ribbon-cutting
A first-ever interlaboratory study of four versions of a therapeutic protein drug—all manufactured from living cells—reports that an established analytical tool
2016 Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program provides financial support for the development of undergraduate and/or graduate
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is announcing that its FY 2016 Federal Funding
Welding has been around, in some form, for centuries. Today it enables a large percentage of the U.S. economy,* thanks to its role in the creation of a diverse