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The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced approval of a Digital Signature Standard, which will allow federal
The 79th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures, July 17-21, 1994, in San Diego, Calif., will feature a special technical session on
Government and construction industry officials today dedicated a new facility at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help improve the quality
Weights and measures officials in the United States and Canada have agreed to mutual recognition of test results and examinations of weighing and measuring
Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown today released for public comment a report that focuses on ways that the National Information Infrastructure can be used to
A government-developed technology to protect the security of telephone conversations and other information communicated over telephone lines is meant to be used
The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Standards Council
U.S. and Russian participants at the third meeting of the Intergovernmental U.S./Russian Business Development Committee's Standards Working Group in Moscow, May
Two important software innovations have been made to the NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Database, a major international resource for analytical chemists and
The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology has established the National Voluntary Conformity Assessment System Evaluation
The National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced it will initiate a technical modification to a computer security standard used to support the
The strong earthquake that struck the Los Angeles area last January 17 provided the first full-scale test of modern seismic structural codes and revealed both
How far away is the moon?
How fast does light travel?
How do detergent enzymes trounce laundry stains?
Visitors to the Smithsonian's National Museum of
The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced today that 71 companies have applied for the 1994 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. They
The Commerce Department today announced a new action plan that significantly advances the federal government's transition to the metric system and will help U.S
A computer model developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers can substantially improve the cutting accuracy of a piston-turning
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has selected the American Society for Quality Control as its contractor to help administer the Malcolm
A new device and technique recently patented by a National Institute of Standards and Technology scientist may lead to dramatic improvements in infrared
PITTSBURGH—Using ultrafast optics and lasers, physicists and chemists are opening a portal through which they can view the subtlest and quickest changes in
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced a new competition to support innovative industrial research projects
The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced funding is available for state projects to plan, coordinate and, in
A dental researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has invented a new shielding material and method for protecting healthy body tissues
Once available only from foreign laboratories, a precision measurement service for manufacturers of automobiles, aircraft, farm equipment, and other large
U.S. Commerce Secretary Ronald H. Brown today announced that the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is entering into an