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On August 2, 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was executed between the U.S Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...
The U.S Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has made one (1) cooperative...
The interagency research, which has led to dental products such as tooth-colored composites, the front surface dental mirror, the panoramic x-ray machine...
In late 2014, the Applied Economics Office (AEO) published NIST Special Publication (SP) 1176 , “Costs And Cost Effectiveness of Additive Manufacturing.” For...
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners have demonstrated an experimental, next-generation atomic clock—ticking at...
A recent study by the W.E. Upjohn Institute found the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)...
Standards Beget Reliable Devices The mobile phones we use – whether iPhone or Android – become available to us after a series of tests. Technology laboratories...
On its surface, the work is deceptively simple: Shoot a high-power laser beam onto a piece of metal for a fraction of a second and see what happens. But...
Electronic device manufacturers should find it less time-consuming to bring their wares to both the U.S. and international markets as a result of new...
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has made a cooperative agreement...
The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) in partnership with the Healthcare Innovation Special Interest Group (HISIG)...
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a total of $2.5 million in a five-year funding agreement to...
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a total of $2.5 million in a five-year funding agreement to...
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the fiscal year 2019 Small Business Innovation Research...
In collaboration with industry, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made the first portable prototype of the Fixed...
Just as a journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step, the deformations and fractures that cause catastrophic failure in materials begin with a few...
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO), have developed a...
Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) needed a way to secure smart manufacturing systems using the digital thread, so they...
On November 28, NIST MEP held the MEP National Network 30 th Anniversary Recognition Commemoration at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington...
How long can tiny gears and other microscopic moving parts last before they wear out? What are the warning signs that these components are about to fail, which...
We are proud to share the NIIMBL technology roadmaps with the biopharmaceutical manufacturing community. These documents identify the manufacturing needs and...
An innovative filtering material may soon reduce the environmental cost of manufacturing plastic. Created by a team including scientists at the National...
Many semiconductor fabricators and research labs are under increasing pressure from, of all things, vacuum. These facilities need to remove greater amounts of...
Recipes for three-dimensional (3D) printing, or additive manufacturing, of parts have required as much guesswork as science. Until now. Resins and other...
Lasers play roles in many manufacturing processes, from welding car parts to crafting engine components with 3D printers.* To control these tasks, manufacturers...