NIST Simulations Suggest Graphene Can Stretch to Be a Tunable Ion Filter November 26, 2018 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have conducted simulations suggesting that...
Do Kitchen Items Shed Antimicrobial Nanoparticles After Use? November 08, 2018 Because of their antimicrobial and antifungal properties, silver nanoparticles measuring between one and 100 nanometers...
New NIST Method Measures 3D Polymer Processing Precisely October 09, 2018 Recipes for three-dimensional (3D) printing, or additive manufacturing, of parts have required as much guesswork as...
New Protocol for Measuring Background Levels of Drugs in Crime Labs September 25, 2018 When crime lab chemists handle evidence that contains illegal drugs, trace amounts of those drugs are inevitably...
How Reliable Are Turtles for Measuring Ocean Trash and Marine Health? September 25, 2018 When a sea turtle turns up dead on the beach, it often makes the news, especially if the death appears to result from...
NIST Updates Forensic Standard Reference Materials September 19, 2018 At forensic science labs, analysts literally weigh the evidence. They also measure it in other ways. They use...
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...
Connecting the (Nano) Dots: NIST Says Big-Picture Thinking Can Advance Nanoparticle Manufacturing August 22, 2018 Nanoparticle manufacturing, the production of material units less than 100 nanometers in size (100,000 times smaller...
New Cell Lines Produce NIST Monoclonal Antibody for Improved Manufacturing of Biologic Drugs July 31, 2018 When the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued the world’s first standardized monoclonal...
NIST Builds Statistical Foundation for Next-Generation Forensic DNA Profiling July 23, 2018 DNA is often considered the most reliable form of forensic evidence, and this reputation is based on the way DNA...
Data-Sharing Website May Speed Response to New Illegal Drugs July 05, 2018 The drug overdose epidemic currently gripping the nation is so tenacious in part because it’s being driven by fentanyl...
NIST Researchers Simulate Simple Logic for Nanofluidic Computing June 29, 2018 Invigorating the idea of computers based on fluids instead of silicon, researchers at the National Institute of...
Coining Less Expensive Currency June 20, 2018 Nickels are ubiquitous in American life, tumbling around in pockets, rolling under car seats, and emerging from the...
A New Way to Measure Energy in Microscopic Machines June 08, 2018 What drives cells to live and engines to move? It all comes down to a quantity that scientists call “free energy,”...
From Clipping Scissors to Word Processor May 07, 2018 Using the gene-editing tool CRISPR to snip at DNA is often akin to using scissors to edit a newspaper article. You can...
Can This Invasive Exotic Pest Make Better Materials for Industry and Medicine? May 04, 2018 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have combined derivatives of two surplus...
'Hard Rock' Standard Reference Material Makes Identifying Chemicals in Mine Waste Easier March 20, 2018 Across the American West’s Rocky and Sierra mountains, miners dug for gold, silver, zinc and lead to make their...
Free Software Can Help Spot New Forms of Fentanyl and Other Illegal Drugs March 07, 2018 Fentanyl, the synthetic drug that is driving a nationwide overdose epidemic, is not only a killer. It’s also a shape...
NIST Sharpens the 'Charpy' Test to Make a More Precise Impact on Industrial Materials February 26, 2018 A decade before an iceberg shattered the hull plates of the Titanic and half a century before a plague of brittle...
CHO and Tell February 22, 2018 Although few people realize it, modern medicine relies heavily on the ovarian cells of Chinese hamsters, not as a...
A Map App to Track Stem Cells February 13, 2018 Researchers who work with stem cells have ambitious goals. Some want to cure cancer or treat heart disease. Others want...
Detecting Chemical Agents with Confidence January 17, 2018 The Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) has become an important defense tool on battlefields and in war-torn cities...
A New Way to Test Body Armor October 16, 2017 Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new way to investigate the...
How the Cone Snail’s Deadly Venom Can Help Us Build Better Medicines October 10, 2017 Cone snails have inspired humans for centuries. Coastal communities have often traded their beautiful shells like money...
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...