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GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it has deployed the first of three teams...
Today, federal agencies use computer systems and networks to store information and to interact with industry, private citizens and other governments both in...
U.S. commercial building owners could save substantially on annual heating and cooling energy costs by improving airtightness of their buildings' envelope...
Congratulatory letter from Congressman Boehlert (requires Acrobat Reader) Boulder, Colo.—John L. (Jan) Hall of the Commerce Department's National Institute of...
The impact of new technologies on radiation measurements and standards will be the focus of the 14th annual conference of the Council on Ionizing Radiation...
BOULDER, Colo.—Like the flashing of fireflies and ticking of pendulum clocks, the signals emitted by multiple nanoscale oscillators can naturally synchronize...
GAITHERSBURG, MD—A leading experimental method for defining the kilogram in terms of properties of nature is now more accurate than ever, scientists at the...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology would like comments on proposed changes to a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) issued in...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Enterprise Integration Inc. (EII) are sponsoring a conference on how computer programs for...
Although still in the qualifying rounds, U.S. researchers are helping manufacturers win the race to develop low-cost ways to commercialize a multitude of...
GAITHERSBURG, MD—A novel material that may demonstrate a highly unusual "liquid" magnetic state at extremely low temperatures has been discovered by a team of...
Industry executives, research managers, academics and science policy decision makers are invited to attend The Industrial Physics Forum on Nov. 6-8, 2005, at...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the ASM International Surface Engineering Committee, has issued a guide to...
The Biometrics Consortium Conference 2005 will address the latest trends in research, development, testing and application of biometric technologies, especially...
The National Institute of Stanards and Technology has posted the results of the NIST 2005 Machine Translation Evaluation (MT-05), part of an ongoing series...
Widespread electronic attacks on computer systems have become commonplace with threats ranging from remotely launched attacks on network services to malicious...
The External RNA Controls Consortium (ERCC) has issued for comment a draft plan for the selection and qualification of candidate RNA sequences, to be used as...
Ask any handyman what's the most important thing he needs to get the job done and he'll probably say his toolbox. Thanks to the National Institute of Standards...
Handheld devices such as personal digital assistants are becoming indispensable tools for today's highly mobile workforce. Small and relatively inexpensive...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed guidelines for federal agencies to use in planning and designing certification and...
Got the correct time? Radio controlled clocks and watches that automatically synchronize to official U.S. time provided by the National Institute of Standards...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a workshop this coming October to assist U.S. manufacturers and their supply chain partners...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is running the Iris Challenge Evaluation (ICE), the first large-scale evaluation...
Cyber attackers are constantly scanning the Internet looking for vulnerabilities in computer systems that will enable them to take control and use the systems...
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used charged atoms (ions) to demonstrate a quantum physics version of computer...