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Researchers from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology and Bell Laboratories of Lucent Technologies have teamed to produce a
The Commerce Department has named Alan P. Balutis, a 21-year veteran with the department, to be director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's
An investment that paid off 100-fold would make anyone glad. U.S. taxpayers can feel better than that about an even higher return on their investment in
Although you will not find it listed in the financial section of the newspaper, the "Baldrige Index" has once again outperformed the Standard & Poor's 500-this
In a ceremony in Washington, D.C., President Clinton and Commerce Secretary William M. Daley today presented the 1999 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award to
President Clinton’s fiscal year 2001 budget request for the Commerce Department’s Technology Administration is $722 million, Commerce Secretary William Daley
Consumers and businesses can look forward to improved accuracy in the system of weights and measures thanks to MEASUREnet-gov, a new effort at the National
In 1996, researchers at the Boulder, Colo., laboratories of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology confirmed the belief that a
Carl Wieman of the University of Colorado at Boulder and Eric Cornell of the National Institute of Standards and Technology have been awarded the 2000 Benjamin
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that they can confine neutrons, one of the basic particles of matter, in a three-dimensional magnetic trap, an
There's nothing like the joy of receiving a precision timepiece as a holiday gift. Thanks to the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and
Commerce Secretary William Daley today presented 11 local employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology with Gold and Silver Medal Awards— the
New values for the fundamental constants of nature are now available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce
Measurement-related questions and disputes, including those that can hinder global commerce, soon may be resolved with a click of a computer mouse thanks to a
John R.D. Copley, today received the Edward Uhler Condon Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Copley is a physicist in the NIST
For contributions ranging from creating an international database of measurement comparisons to developing a training program on lean manufacturing, 35
Six local employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology were honored today with the Eugene Casson Crittenden Award. The award, established in
Marc F. Desrosiers, and Paul D. Lett, today received the Equal Employment Opportunity/Diversity Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology
The Y2K Help Center for Small Business will be open 24 hours a day starting on Dec. 30, 1999, through Jan. 7, 2000, to offer free Y2K assistance to small
Ronald G. Dixson, and Joseph N. Fu, today received the Applied Research Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Dixson, a physicist, and
A team of researchers from two laboratories at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has received the 1999 Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced a new competition for fiscal year 2000 to co-fund new, innovative R&D
President Clinton and Commerce Secretary William M. Daley today announced two manufacturers and two service companies as winners of the 1999 Malcolm Baldrige