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Many Arctic Pollutants Decrease After Market Removal and Regulation

August 27, 2018
Levels of some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) regulated by the Stockholm Convention are decreasing in the Arctic, according to an international team of researchers who have been actively monitoring the northern regions of the globe. POPs are a diverse group of long-lived chemicals that can...
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A Novel Graphene Quantum Dot Structure Takes the Cake

August 23, 2018
In a marriage of quantum science and solid-state physics, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used magnetic fields to confine groups of electrons to a series of concentric rings within graphene, a single layer of tightly packed carbon atoms. This tiered “...
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Helping the Microchip Industry Go (Very Low) with the Flow

August 22, 2018
A new study by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has uncovered a source of error in an industry-standard calibration method that could lead microchip manufacturers to lose a million dollars or more in a single fabrication run. The problem is expected to become...

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This blog from NIST's Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program is a collection of discussions on key issues for U.S. manufacturers.

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The official blog of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, which educates organizations in performance excellence management and administers the Baldrige Award.

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I Think, Therefore IAM

Updates from the Trusted Identities Group Blog.

What We’ve Heard: Aggregating (Even More!) Stakeholder Feedback
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