An official website of the United States government
Here’s how you know
Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce William M. Daley today announced a series of policy changes and initiatives to further strengthen the department's Advanced...
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Energy Department's Sandia National Laboratories and the private sector's SEMATECH...
Proposed improvements in the standard that retailers must follow when they voluntarily offer unit pricing information for making value comparisons (between...
Envisioned to replace bulky reference books and trips to research libraries, NIST’s new compilation of chemical and physical data, the NIST Chemistry WebBook...
Though your summer this year may seem all too short, it will actually be the longest one since 1994. There will be exactly one extra second, a little bonus...
In a move intended to broaden the choices federal agencies have when securing information, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and...
William D. Phillips, a leading researcher in laser cooling of atoms at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, was elected to the National Academy...
Scientists have long relied on infrared spectroscopy as an analytical tool to identify the chemical components of an unknown sample. Likewise, they have used a...
Representatives from industry; federal agencies; and standards, testing and certification organizations are invited to join a U.S. delegation to a second...
Twenty-six U.S. companies, including nine large manufacturers, seven service companies and 10 small businesses, have submitted applications for the 1997 Malcolm...
The National Science Foundation has announced that Eric A. Cornell, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is the 1997 winner of the...
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced through a notice in today's Federal Register that the implementation date...
The Commerce Department's Technology Administration is requesting information from interested parties on ways to strengthen the department's Advanced Technology...
Gregory T. Linteris, a 39-year-old engineer at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, will be conducting experiments in outer...
To highlight the urgency of fixing a potentially disastrous problem in many of the nation's computer systems, the Commerce Department's National Institute of...
A new research facility at the National Institute of Standards and Technology accepts tips six at a time, in fact. But the tips are not of the monetary variety...
Arati Prabhakar, director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, announced today that she will be leaving government...
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced eight new research projects, cost-shared with U.S. industry under the...
Slide to the left, slide to the right and don't fall down. No, it's not a new dance, but a building with shock absorbers—a feature that could someday save more...
George Y. Onoda has joined the Ceramics Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory in...
A new effort focusing on the rapidly growing field of tissue engineering is among four Advanced Technology Program competitions announced today by the Commerce...
Although you won't hear it quoted on the nightly business news or find it listed in the financial section of your newspaper, the "Baldrige Index" is a winner...
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology is forming the Ceramic Processing Characterization Consortium to strengthen the...
Education and health care organizations would have their own award categories as part of President Clinton's fiscal year 1998 budget proposal for the Malcolm...
President Clinton's fiscal year 1998 budget request for the Commerce Department's Technology Administration is $701.7 million, Commerce Secretary William Daley...