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Computer scientists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today released an initial public draft of NIST Special...
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced that it has reached an agreement with the City of New York (NYC)...
Deborah Jin, 34, a physicist at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colo., and adjoint assistant...
Using laser light as tweezers and a scalpel, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the use of artificial...
At a press briefing in New York City today, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) detailed its plans to collect first...
The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced 44 new awards from its Advanced Technology Program (ATP)...
Cita Furlani has been named chief information officer (CIO) for the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by NIST Director...
Marc G. Stanley has been selected to lead the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology...
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed tiny magnetic sensors in a "zigzag" shape that are simpler in design and...
As part of an effort to improve the quality of chemical information available to U.S. researchers, manufacturers, students and others, Dow Chemical Co. has...
Arden L. Bement, director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, and C.D. Mote, president of the University of Maryland...
This Memorandum of Understanding, effective upon the date of execution by the last party to sign ("Effective Date"), is entered into by and between the...
A team of researchers at JILA, a joint institute of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of...
A new instrument at the National Institute of Standards and Technology that operates like an air-powered battering ram has been pressed into service to study...
Warren Merkel, a laboratory-testing and accreditation authority with public and private-sector experience, has been chosen to lead the National Voluntary...
Two additional building and fire experts have been appointed by Arden Bement Jr., director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and...
The first meeting of the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee will be held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...
The trouble with qubits is they don't always behave. Scientists are, however, learning to control these weird "quantum bits," particles that someday may store...
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today outlined its plans to conduct a series of interviews that will provide key...
Zelda Chapman Bailey, a career government employee who has held increasingly responsible positions with the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service...
Scientific investigators from Columbia University, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Eight prominent building and fire experts have been appointed by Arden Bement Jr., director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and...
Computers have become much more adept at "recognizing" human faces during the past two years, states a report released today by the Commerce Department's...
Six federal agencies involved in manufacturing research and development (R&D) have launched a major effort to improve the exchange of information about their...
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today launched an investigation into the tragic fire of Feb. 20, 2003, at The...