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Physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have proposed a...
While exploring the properties of polymer formation, a team of scientists at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) has made a fundamental...
Nanotubes, the tiny honeycomb cylinders of carbon atoms only a few nanometers wide, are perhaps the signature material of modern engineering research, but...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a method to accelerate stability testing of biodiesel fuel made from soybeans and also...
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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) alumni researchers Ugo Bertocci and William H. Kirchhoff were recently elected as 2008 fellows of the...
Learn about the exceptional practices and results of the 2008 recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award at the Quest for Excellence (QE) XXI...
Thefts of personally identifiable information (PII), such as social security and credit card account numbers, are increasing dramatically. Adding to the...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced nine awards for new research projects to develop advanced sensing technologies that...
The ability of biomolecules to flex and bend is important for the performance of many functions within living cells. However, researchers interested in how...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold an information session for small businesses interested in learning about opportunities for...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced nine awards for new research projects to develop advanced sensing...
One of the biggest scientific challenges in the world is the development of new ways to produce, transport, and sustain energy in the 21st Century, and...
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The creation of the first high-density gas of ultracold molecules by scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology...
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method to measure the toughness—the resistance to fracture—of the thin...
Anyone who has watched crime dramas on TV knows that forensic scientists can use DNA "profiling" to identify people from evidence gathered at a crime scene...
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—Electronic technologies could be deployed immediately and reliably to augment slower postal mail for distributing ballots to U.S. citizens...
Two physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have won Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the first-round candidates for its open cryptographic competition to select a new state...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is interested in detailed pitches for critical national and societal needs that could be the basis for...
The Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence—described by one industry CEO as "probably the single most influential document in the modern history of...
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Carbon, the active ingredient in charcoal, is normally not considered a fire retardant, but researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology...
Nine staff members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been elected new fellows of the American Physical Society, the largest...