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High-Efficiency Photon Source Brings Day of Reckoning Closer for a Famous Quantum Test

June 25, 2013

Physicists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) are edging ever closer to getting really

Revised Security Guidelines Provide Strategy for Government Mobile Device Management

June 25, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a mobile device management guide for federal agencies seeking secure methods for workers

NIST Announces New Scaffold Reference Material for Tissue Engineering Research

June 25, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new reference material—a sort of standardized sample—of cellular scaffolds for use in

NIST Announces Plan to Create Center of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research

June 24, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced that it plans to establish a new Advanced Materials Center of Excellence to facilitate

MRI Phantoms: Moving to the Next Stage

June 21, 2013

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an indispensable tool for diagnosing, treating, and understanding a host of medical conditions, and the technology

Protecting the Nation's Critical Infrastructure

June 20, 2013

Guest blog post by Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology Just

Instructors perform measurements during dry run of Fundamentals of Metrology course

NIST Office of Weights and Measures Receives Important 'Continuing Education' Accreditation

June 20, 2013

The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) has awarded the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of

NIST Seeks Private-Sector Input at Cybersecurity Framework Workshop

June 20, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened registration for its 3rd Cybersecurity Framework Workshop, to be held July 10-12, 2013, in

NIST and NTIA Announce Plans to Establish New Center for Advanced Communications

June 14, 2013

BOULDER, Colo. — The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and National Telecommunications and Information

On Demand Video from the Forensic Handwriting Analysis Conference - Now Available Online (Free)

June 13, 2013

On June 4–5, 2013, NIST hosted the Measurement Science and Standards in Forensic Handwriting Analysis Conference in collaboration with the American Academy of

Illustration of a new microscopy technique that works by scanning a beam of electrons over a sample that has been coated with specially engineered quantum dots.

New Quantum Dot Technique Combines Best of Optical and Electron Microscopy

June 12, 2013

It's not reruns of "The Jetsons", but researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new microscopy technique

Three New NIST Economics Briefs Explore Technology Topics

June 11, 2013

Three new Economic and Policy Analysis summaries from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) explore technology's impact on economic growth

NIST Researchers Offer Tool to Aid Standards Development, Implementation

June 11, 2013

The nice thing about standards, it's been said, is that there are so many to choose from.* Though this tongue-in-cheek chestnut might be an exaggeration, it is

This artist’s conception shows atoms in a Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC) being pushed by laser light.

First Observation of Spin Hall Effect in a Quantum Gas Is Step Toward 'Atomtronics'

June 5, 2013

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have reported the first observation of the "spin Hall effect" in a Bose-Einstein

Luggage Screening Standards Prove Their Value

June 5, 2013

Every month, between 50 and 70 million passengers travel through U.S. airports, toting more than 30 million pieces of luggage destined for aircraft cargo holds

New NIST Facility Puts Bomb and Urban Search and Rescue Robots to the Test

June 4, 2013

May 15, 2013 – A sign points the way to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's new Robot Test Facility in Gaithersburg, Md., where engineers

Closing the Last Bell-test Loophole for Photons

June 3, 2013

An international team of researchers has reached a milestone in experimental confirmation of a key tenet of quantum mechanics, using ultra-sensitive photon

Register Now for the Two-Day Forensic Handwriting Analysis Conference Webcast

May 29, 2013

Next week, join NIST and our collaborators via the free live webcast for the Measurement Science and Standards in Forensic Handwriting Analysis Conference and

NIST and Partners Offer Solution to Communications Impasse in Factories

May 28, 2013

Once uncommunicative industrial robots and machine tools are now beginning to talk turkey, thanks to a prototype application developed by a team of partner

The Witch fire, the largest of the fires that occurred during the 2007 California firestorm, burned 80,124 hectares and destroyed 1125 residential structures.

Workshop Identifies Research Priorities to Mitigate Fires in the Wildland-Urban Interface

May 28, 2013

Over 46 million residential structures in the United States are in areas at risk of wildfires. A new publication from the National Institute of Standards and

Close up of the NIST chip-scale atomic clock

NIST Scientists Win 2014 Rank Prizes for Chip-Scale Atomic Clock

May 28, 2013

Physicists John Kitching and Svenja Knappe of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will receive 2014 Rank Prizes in optoelectronics "for

Video Aims to Answer "What is NIST?"

May 23, 2013

What's the most formidable challenge faced by the staff of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)? Designing atomic clocks accurate for

New Filtration Material Could Make Petroleum Refining Cheaper, More Efficient

May 23, 2013

A newly synthesized material might provide a dramatically improved method for separating the highest-octane components of gasoline. Measurements at the National

A NIST team has created an ultraviolet (UV) metamaterial formed of alternating nanolayers of silver (green) and titanium dioxide (blue)

The Better to See You With: Scientists Build Record-Setting Metamaterial Flat Lens

May 23, 2013

For the first time, scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new type of lens that bends and focuses

NIST Posts Initial Analysis of RFI Comments on Cybersecurity Framework for Critical Infrastructure

May 16, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted an initial analysis of hundreds of comments submitted by industry and the public related to

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