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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated that they can cheaply
Chemical engineers and others designing "green" industrial processes using new ionic liquid solvents now have an important new resource, an on-line database of
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the use of water droplets as minuscule "boxes" for small numbers of
An improved technique for culturing cells, developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), may enable new, fundamental insights into the
After three years of development, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a major upgrade of the widely used NIST/EPA/NIH Mass
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
Common house dust may be an important source of a potentially dangerous class of chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), according to an
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
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology took its first step into the 21st century with today’s dedication of the new Advanced
President Clinton today named John W. Cahn (photo), a leading materials scientist at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology
Analytical chemists now can take advantage of improved accuracy and a 75 percent expansion of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's popular mass
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced that it will renew a multiyear research award under the Advanced
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced that it will renew a multiyear research award under the Advanced
The NIST Advanced Technology Program has announced that it will renew a multiyear research award to Precision Castparts Corp. (Portland, Ore.) to develop
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced that it will renew a multiyear research award under the Advanced
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced that it will renew a multiyear research award under the Advanced
Many U.S. biotech firms are working to develop new medical diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and sensors based on DNA, genetically engineered proteins and other
Envisioned to replace bulky reference books and trips to research libraries, NIST’s new compilation of chemical and physical data, the NIST Chemistry WebBook
College students and faculty have new opportunities for fellowships in chemistry and chemical engineering at the Department of Commerce's National Institute of
A new version of a popular computer database for analytical chemists and environmental scientists is now available for use with Microsoft® Windows TM software
Environmental scientists, research chemists, combustion engineers and process chemists can search for data on 9,200 chemical reactions in an expanded database
An important research tool for environmental scientists, research chemists, pharmacologists and others in the health care field has been expanded with new
Two important software innovations have been made to the NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Database, a major international resource for analytical chemists and