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High pressure fans that direct air flow up the stairway of a burning high-rise building can increase the effectiveness of firefighters and the survivability of
GAITHERSBURG, Md.-Safer buildings-especially tall structures-that are more resistant to fire and more easily evacuated in emergencies are the goal of the first
WASHINGTON, DC —Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced that 16 individuals have been selected to participate in the Commerce Science and
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed two new calibration tools to help correct and validate the performance
Providing strong security for complex federal information systems is a challenging job. But now there's a new version of a draft guide for assessing the
Three scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were among the eight federal employees who received the Arthur S. Flemming Award
A new report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) offers building owners and
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) engineers are organizing the fourth in a series of Response Robot Evaluation Exercises for urban search
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a prototype high-speed quantum key distribution (QKD) system, based on a new
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), along with colleagues at George Mason University and Kwangwoon University in Korea
Palo Alto, Calif. —Particles of light serving as "quantum keys"—the latest in encryption technology—have been sent over a record-setting 200-kilometer fiber
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with scientists from the University of Maryland and Howard University
It was a grainy image of a baby—just 5 centimeters by 5 centimeters—but it turned out to be the well from which satellite imaging, CAT scans, bar codes on
Imagine being able to rapidly identify tiny biological molecules such as DNA and toxins using less than a drop of salt water in a system that can fit on a
Magnetic switches like those in computers also might be used to manipulate individual strands of DNA for high-speed applications such as gene sequencing
With a nod to one of nature’s best surface chemists—an obscure desert beetle—polymer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
A super stable fiber-optic network that can be tuned across a range of visible and near-infrared frequencies while synchronizing the oscillations of light waves
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established a new voluntary accreditation program for the laboratories that test radiation
Builders interested both in conservation and thrift can benefit from the latest updates to an innovative software package released this week by the National
A tiny device for calibrating or stabilizing precision lasers has been designed and demonstrated at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
University, industry, government and other researchers who need access to state-of-the-art and beyond-state-of-the-art facilities to study a wide range of
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have devised a system for manipulating and precisely positioning individual nanowires
Statement from Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski on the NIST-MCPS Agreement GAITHERSBURG, MD—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and
DNA-wrapped single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) shorter than about 200 nanometers readily enter into human lung cells and so may pose an increased risk to