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NIST, UMD Celebrate 25 Years of Research Partnership at IBBR

October 31, 2012

Officials and researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) gathered on Oct. 25, 2012, to

Time lapse fluorescence images of a cell culture (clockwise from top left, start - 14 hours - 28 hours - 42 hours) reveal how the expression of a particular gene in the culture varies not only from cell to cell, but with time.

Cellular Landscaping: Predicting How, and How Fast, Cells Will Change

October 31, 2012

A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a model* for making quantifiable predictions of how a group of cells

NIST Provides Draft Guidelines to Secure Mobile Devices

October 31, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published draft guidelines that outline the baseline security technologies mobile devices should

Close up of the NIST chip-scale atomic clock

New NIST Web Resource Hosts Federal Research Technology Transfer Plans

October 31, 2012

A new website has been launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to serve as a central resource for technology transfer plans

Deborah Jin standing on the staircase at JILA

Deborah Jin of JILA Selected for 2013 Women in Science Award

October 22, 2012

Deborah Jin, a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) who works at JILA, has been selected as the North American recipient for

Princeton/NIST Collaboration Puts Wheels on the Quantum Bus

October 19, 2012

In yet another step toward the realization of a practical quantum computer, scientists working at Princeton and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) have shown how

New NIST Software Checks Performance of Biometrics Applications Against 2011 Standard

October 16, 2012

A new software test suite developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) allows local and federal agencies and other users of the NIST's

NRI to Lead New Five-Year Effort to Develop Post-CMOS Electronics

October 16, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today the selection of the Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI), a collaboration of

New Method Measures Movements of Tiny Devices-At Every Step

October 16, 2012

Makers of minuscule moving machines—the kind being eyed for nanomanufacturing and assembly as well as other uses—do you know where your micro- and nanorobots

New Reference Material to Help Get the Lead Out of Paints for Children's Products

October 16, 2012

To help manufacturers adhere to new regulations intended to reduce the risk of lead poisoning in children, researchers at the National Institute of Standards

David Wineland leans over a table of lasers to adjust a laser beam

NIST's David J. Wineland Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics

October 9, 2012

David J. Wineland, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in

Obama Administration Announces $20 Million for 10 Public-Private Partnerships to Support American Manufacturing and Encourage Investment in the US

October 9, 2012

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration today announced that 10 public-private partnerships across America will receive $20 million in total awards to help

Physicist David J. Wineland of NIST Boulder Laboratories in Colorado

Congratulations to David Wineland! 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics

October 9, 2012

We are thrilled at the news that NIST's David Wineland has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Professor Serge Haroche of the Collège de

NIST's Webcast News Briefing on David Wineland's Nobel Prize in Physics

October 9, 2012

NIST's David Wineland has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Professor Serge Haroche of the Collège de France and Ecole Normale Supérieure

NIST Revises Software Patch Management Guide for Automated Processes

October 5, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published for public comment a revised draft of its guidance for managing computer patches to

NIST engineer pointing at a firing pin impression.

November Symposium Focuses on Forensics at NIST

October 2, 2012

The link between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and forensic science dates back to 1913 when the agency's predecessor, the National

Third Annual NICE Workshop Adds a Virtual Cyber Threat Training and Competition Track

October 2, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is offering a strong finale to National Cybersecurity Awareness month with its the third annual

Illustration for Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-3) Competition

NIST Selects Winner of Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-3) Competition

October 2, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced the winner of its five-year competition to select a new cryptographic hash algorithm

Schematic of an artificial membrane, across which a voltage forces an ionized fluid through the nanopore.

NIST, Columbia Engineering Collaborate on Inexpensive DNA Sequencing Method

October 2, 2012

Rapid, accurate genetic sequencing soon may be within reach of every doctor's office if recent research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology

An electron micrograph of nanotubes made from titanium dioxide (TiO2).

NIST Special Publications 1200: New Means of Disseminating Lab Procedures

October 2, 2012

When scientists and engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) want to tell their peers about experimental methods they have "road

Oct. 18 Colorado Workshop to Explore Plans For National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

October 2, 2012

Boulder, Colo., will be the site of the fourth and final public workshop to gather input on the design of the proposed National Network for Manufacturing

Three Experts Named to Earthquake Advisory Board

October 2, 2012

Three earthquake authorities from academia and the private sector have been appointed by Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and

Schematic diagram of loophole-free Bell test

Truly Random Numbers — But Not by Chance

October 1, 2012

Life can seem haphazard and chaotic, but true randomness is fundamentally mysterious, elusive, and remarkably difficult to observe. If it can be realized and

Shaking Up Biomolecules with Light

September 28, 2012

In living organisms, biomolecules such as proteins are constantly in complex motion, bending and flexing in different ways at different points. Each molecule

Near-Field Scanning Microwave Microscope: Big at the Nanoscale

September 28, 2012

NIST's ability to determine the composition and physics of nanoscale materials and devices is about to improve dramatically with the arrival of a new near-field

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