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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with private industry and other government agencies, have produced a...
Inventing a useful new tool for creating chemical reactions between single molecules, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...
A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) studying sugar-coated nanoparticles for use as a possible cancer therapy has...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new ruler, and even for an organization that routinely deals in superlatives, it sets...
The Panel of Judges for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest recognition for organizational performance excellence, has selected 15...
The Library of Congress Federal Library & Information Center Committee (FLICC) has announced that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...
Two distinguished earthquake experts have been named to serve on the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction (ACEHR) of the National Earthquake...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has updated its popular guide to radio-controlled clocks. Many millions of radio-controlled clocks...
To facilitate audits of election results and making the election process more transparent, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a...
On Sept. 10, the White House announced President Barack Obama's intention to nominate physicist Patrick Gallagher to be the 14th director of the National...
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will present a major new report for public comment...
LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA —U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and Mayor Jerry Sanders led a groundbreaking ceremony in La Jolla, Calif., today for two new...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—Planned and potential expansions and new facilities across campus, the addition of 400-500 kilowatts in power from solar panels, and...
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama today announced his intent to nominate physicist Patrick Gallagher to be the 14th director of the U.S. Commerce Department's...
The Baldrige National Quality Program recently published "blinded" (anonymous) scoring data on 1,033 applicants for the Baldrige National Quality Award during...
Two publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) describe new capabilities for authentication systems using smart cards or other...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a new request for "white papers" that outline or help define potential new funding...
Just as health-food manufacturers work on developing the best possible sodium substitutes for low-salt diets, physicists at the National Institute of Standards...
Security personnel need to be able to find explosive materials and persons who have been in contact with them. To aid such searches, the National Institute of...
A chemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has demonstrated a relatively simple, inexpensive method for detecting and measuring...
If you wanted to know if your child had a fever or be certain that the roast in the oven was thoroughly cooked, you would, of course, use a thermometer that you...
The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has sent two experts to California to assist in collecting data on structural...
High-performance optical networks are susceptible to degrading effects that can change over time. Knowledge of the degradation can be used to diagnose the...
Airline travelers are used to being instructed to turn off computers and cell phones during takeoffs and landings as a precaution against interfering with the...