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Setting Standards: We Want to Hear From You

January 7, 2011

On Jan. 4, President Obama signed the America COMPETES Act, which supports an array of strategies for maintaining America's leadership in science and technology...

Watch Webcast Today: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard A. Schmidt to Visit Silicon Valley to Discuss Next Steps in Cybersecurity

January 7, 2011

Palo Alto, Calif. – As part of a meeting today with local industry and academic leaders in Silicon Valley, at Stanford University, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary...

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard A. Schmidt Announce Next Steps to Enhance Online Security, Planned National Office for Identity Trust Strategy

January 7, 2011

At a forum with Silicon Valley business and academic leaders at Stanford University, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and White House Cybersecurity...

Video still: Extracting mitochondria from a human cell (larger object on bottom right) is a tricky process.

Extracting Cellular 'Engines' May Aid in Understanding Mitochondrial Diseases

January 5, 2011

Medical researchers who crave a means of exploring the genetic culprits behind a host of neuromuscular disorders may have just had their wish granted by a team...

New Time Widget Puts Accurate Clocks on Web Pages

January 5, 2011

For Web site owners and bloggers, there is a new widget from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that will keep your Web pages right on...

Reauthorization of COMPETES Act Brings Changes to NIST

January 5, 2011

On Jan. 4, President Obama signed the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, which provides several important updates to the funding, programs and...

NIST Appoints Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services

January 5, 2011

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that Phillip Singerman has been appointed to the newly...

And Then There Were Five: Finalists Advance in NIST's SHA-3 Cryptography Competition

January 5, 2011

On Dec. 9, 2010, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the selection of five finalists in its ongoing competition to select a new...

IPv6 Guide Provides Path to Secure Deployment of Next-Generation Internet Protocol

January 5, 2011

As the day draws nearer for the world to run out of the unique addresses that allow us to use the Internet—now predicted to happen by the end of 2012...

Two Publications Recommend Organization-Wide IT Security Risk Management

January 5, 2011

Two new draft publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provide the groundwork for a three-tiered risk-management approach...

Three From NIST Elected Fellows of American Physical Society

January 5, 2011

Three scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were recently elected as 2010 fellows of the American Physical Society (APS), an...

NIST Work Highlighted as Top Science News of 2010

January 5, 2011

The top science news of 2010, as compiled by several science magazines, includes several stories from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

FERC Conference to Advance Smart Grid Interoperability Standards

December 27, 2010

On December 21, 2010, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced it will hold a technical conference* on Smart Grid Interoperability Standards...

Vice President Biden and Commerce Secretary Locke Present Baldrige Award to Five Organizations

December 17, 2010

On December 16, 2010, Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Gary Locke presented five U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige...

NIST Announces $22 Million in Funding for Advanced Manufacturing Research in Electronics, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology

December 15, 2010

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a total of more than $22 million in funding for nine...

NVLAP Recognized by ENERGY STAR

December 8, 2010

ENERGY STAR, a program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE) to promote energy efficiency, has recognized the National...

Fiery Video Shows Moisture is Main Ingredient for a Safe Christmas Tree

December 8, 2010

Once ignited, a dry Fraser fir, one of the most popular Christmas tree choices, bursts into flames in less than 7 seconds, and it will be consumed by fire in...

NIST's New Scanning Probe Microscope is Supercool

December 8, 2010

The discoveries of superconductivity, the quantum Hall effect and the fractional quantum Hall effect were all the result of measurements made at increasingly...

New Round of NIST-ARRA Fellowships Announced

December 8, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology's American Recovery and Reinvestment (NIST-ARRA) Act Measurement Science and Engineering Fellowship Program...

Financial Services Sector Signs Cybersecurity Research Agreement with NIST, DHS

December 8, 2010

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has joined in a new public-private partnership to spur cybersecurity innovation in the financial...

NIST Team Awarded Millions of Supercomputing Hours, Aims for 'Concrete Results'

December 8, 2010

When you spot laborers pouring concrete for a new building or bridge, it may not occur to you that they are working with a substance so complex that it requires...

One-Hundred Thirty-Nine Employees Receive Department of Commerce Gold and Silver Medals, NIST Departmental Bronze Medals and Other Awards

December 2, 2010

GAITHERSBURG, Md.--Employees of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were honored in ceremonies held Dec. 1, 2010, at...

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Setting Standards: We Want to Hear From You

Watch Webcast Today: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard A. Schmidt to Visit Silicon Valley to Discuss Next Steps in Cybersecurity

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard A. Schmidt Announce Next Steps to Enhance Online Security, Planned National Office for Identity Trust Strategy

Extracting Cellular 'Engines' May Aid in Understanding Mitochondrial Diseases

New Time Widget Puts Accurate Clocks on Web Pages

Reauthorization of COMPETES Act Brings Changes to NIST

NIST Appoints Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services

And Then There Were Five: Finalists Advance in NIST's SHA-3 Cryptography Competition

IPv6 Guide Provides Path to Secure Deployment of Next-Generation Internet Protocol

Two Publications Recommend Organization-Wide IT Security Risk Management

Three From NIST Elected Fellows of American Physical Society

NIST Work Highlighted as Top Science News of 2010

FERC Conference to Advance Smart Grid Interoperability Standards

Vice President Biden and Commerce Secretary Locke Present Baldrige Award to Five Organizations

NIST Announces $22 Million in Funding for Advanced Manufacturing Research in Electronics, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology

NVLAP Recognized by ENERGY STAR

Fiery Video Shows Moisture is Main Ingredient for a Safe Christmas Tree

NIST's New Scanning Probe Microscope is Supercool

New Round of NIST-ARRA Fellowships Announced

Financial Services Sector Signs Cybersecurity Research Agreement with NIST, DHS

NIST Team Awarded Millions of Supercomputing Hours, Aims for 'Concrete Results'

One-Hundred Thirty-Nine Employees Receive Department of Commerce Gold and Silver Medals, NIST Departmental Bronze Medals and Other Awards

New Guidance Issued for First Responders Collecting Suspected Biothreat Agents

Three NIST Scientists Earn Presidential Early Career Awards

Quartz Crystal Microbalances Enable New Microscale Analytic Technique

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