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Lighting a Path to 'Smarter' Homes, Roads, and Bridges

September 27, 2017

If you’re worried about carbon monoxide poisoning, you might purchase a detector for your home. But what if your house itself could sense carbon monoxide and

The Physicist Who is Working to Accelerate Change in Forensic Science

September 26, 2017

Sylvester James Gates, Jr. is a world-recognized researcher in theoretical physics. Formerly of the University of Maryland and now a professor at Brown

The Forensic Scientist Who Knows How to Build Consensus

September 26, 2017

Jeremy Triplett has had a busy three years. Since the inception of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science ( OSAC) in 2014, Triplett

NIST Awards Nearly $3.9 Million for 2017 Small Business Innovation Research Program

September 25, 2017

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced that 21 small businesses will receive a

NIST’s Quick Test May Speed Antibiotic Treatment and Combat Drug Resistance

September 22, 2017

BOULDER, Colo.—Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a potential new tactic for rapidly determining whether

NIST Contamination Event Results in Radiation Exposure

September 20, 2017

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has reported a contamination event in one of its laboratories that has resulted in

Atomic-Scale Movies Reveal That Catalyst Nanoparticles Undergo Internal Changes to Forge Carbon Nanotubes

September 20, 2017

Lights, camera, catalysis! Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made some of the first movies of the structural

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New NIST Tool Aims to Improve Accuracy of Test to Determine Cardiovascular Disease Risk

September 19, 2017

Cardiovascular disease caused one out of three deaths in the United States in 2016, and for decades it has been the leading killer for both men and women

Researchers Find New Way to Manipulate Magnetism

September 14, 2017

In a pioneering effort to control, measure and understand magnetism at the atomic level, researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and

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NIST Researchers Revolutionize the Atomic Force Microscope

September 12, 2017

Most measuring instruments are limited by the tradeoff between how precisely and how rapidly a measurement is made: the more precise the measurement, the longer

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New Method for Identifying Carbon Compounds Derived from Fossil Fuels

September 12, 2017

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a laboratory instrument that can measure how much of the carbon in many

Driving the Universal Quantum Bus

September 12, 2017

NIST scientists have achieved a world record in detecting the intensity of an ultra-faint source of light, equaling the capabilities of the deep-space

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NIST Publishes 2016 Department of Commerce Laboratories Technology Transfer Report

September 11, 2017

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The National Institute of Standards and Technology ( NIST) has published the U.S. Commerce Department’s (DOC) 2016 Annual Report on Technology

A NIST researcher holds a fixed length optical cavity (FLOC), a structure that enables highly accurate, quantum-based measurements of pressure.

NIST, Industry Partner Aim to Develop 'Quantum Pascal' Standard Into Real-World Device

September 6, 2017

In our everyday lives, pressure can mean a looming work deadline, a final exam, or bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth. In scientific terms, pressure is a

NIST, NFL, GE and Under Armour Announce Dynamic Research and 6D Helmets as Grand Prize Winner in Head Health Challenge III

September 6, 2017

GAITHERSBURG, MD—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Football League (NFL), GE (NYSE: GE), and

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Lighting a Path to 'Smarter' Homes, Roads, and Bridges

The Physicist Who is Working to Accelerate Change in Forensic Science

The Forensic Scientist Who Knows How to Build Consensus

NIST Awards Nearly $3.9 Million for 2017 Small Business Innovation Research Program

NIST’s Quick Test May Speed Antibiotic Treatment and Combat Drug Resistance

NIST Contamination Event Results in Radiation Exposure

Atomic-Scale Movies Reveal That Catalyst Nanoparticles Undergo Internal Changes to Forge Carbon Nanotubes

New NIST Tool Aims to Improve Accuracy of Test to Determine Cardiovascular Disease Risk

Researchers Find New Way to Manipulate Magnetism

NIST Researchers Revolutionize the Atomic Force Microscope

New Method for Identifying Carbon Compounds Derived from Fossil Fuels

Driving the Universal Quantum Bus

NIST Publishes 2016 Department of Commerce Laboratories Technology Transfer Report

NIST, Industry Partner Aim to Develop 'Quantum Pascal' Standard Into Real-World Device

NIST, NFL, GE and Under Armour Announce Dynamic Research and 6D Helmets as Grand Prize Winner in Head Health Challenge III

Speaking of Error in Forensic Science

Even Better than DNA Origami

NIST Seeks Input on OSAC 2.0

New Design Lets Micro-Clock Resonators Ring Like a Bell

NIST, DHS Join Forces to Create Cybersecure Communities Around the Globe

NIST Study Suggests Frailty Makes Elderly More Likely to Die in Home Fires

NIST Crafts Next-Generation Safeguards for Information Systems and the Internet of Things

Scientists Automate Key Step in Forensic Fingerprint Analysis

With a Gentle Touch, NIST Scientists Push Us Closer to Flash Memory Successor

NIST Funds 12 Projects to Make Communities More Resilient to Disasters

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