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Next Generation Rail Forums Head to Kansas City and Orlando

April 27, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will host two forums next month designed to connect

NIST Physicists Benchmark Quantum Simulator with Hundreds of Qubits

April 25, 2012

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a quantum simulator that can engineer interactions among hundreds of quantum

Commerce Secretary Bryson Presents Baldrige Award to 11 Organizations

April 24, 2012

On April 15, 2012, U.S. Commerce Department Secretary John Bryson presented 11 U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's

NIST Mini-sensor Measures Magnetic Activity in Human Brain

April 19, 2012

A miniature atom-based magnetic sensor developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed an important research milestone by

NIST Advisory Committee Issues 2011 Annual Report

April 17, 2012

The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has sent its 2011 annual report to Congress

May Workshop Examines Impact of Advanced Imaging Technology on Tissue Engineering Research

April 17, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the Multi-Agency Tissue Engineering Science (MATES) working group, is sponsoring

Graphic of 5 radish plants showing effects of increasing exposure to BPs and NPs

NIST/UMass Study Finds Evidence Nanoparticles May Increase Plant DNA Damage

April 17, 2012

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) have provided the first evidence

X-Ray Probe Finds New Organic Transistors Do Well in Hot Water

April 17, 2012

Materials scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working with an international research team, have helped prove the

NIST Team Receives Commerce Energy and Environmental Stewardship Award

April 17, 2012

A team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has received the 2012 Energy and Environmental Stewardship award from the Department of

New Precision Measurement Laboratory at the NIST facility in Boulder, Colorado

Two New Advanced Laboratories Open at NIST Boulder and JILA

April 17, 2012

Two new advanced laboratory buildings for high-precision science and measurements have officially opened in Boulder, Colo., providing upgraded facilities to

Iris Recognition Report Evaluates 'Needle in Haystack' Search Capability

April 17, 2012

Identifying people by acquiring pictures of their eyes is becoming easier, according to a new report* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Fifth Annual Health Information Security Conference Runs June 6-7

April 17, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is co-hosting the fifth annual Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA

NIST Proposes Update to Digital Signature Standard

April 17, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced proposed changes to a standard that specifies how to implement digital signatures, which

New Business Plan, New Funding Help Baldrige Program Move Forward

April 13, 2012

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP), managed for 25 years by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in collaboration with the

New laboratories for world-renowned science

April 11, 2012

JILA, a joint institute of the University of Colorado Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology that has produced three Nobel Prize winners

Hyperspectral Imaging: Shedding New Light on Wound Healing

April 9, 2012

Clinicians who treat severe wounds may soon have powerful new diagnostic tools in the form of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) devices, calibrated to new NIST

JILA Team Demonstrates 'A New Way of Lasing': A 'Superradiant' Laser

April 4, 2012

BOULDER, Colo. – Physicists at JILA have demonstrated a novel "superradiant" laser design, which has the potential to be 100 to 1,000 times more stable than the

Nanoscale Magnetic Media Diagnostics by Rippling Spin Waves

April 3, 2012

Memory devices based on magnetism are one of the core technologies of the computing industry, and engineers are working to develop new forms of magnetic memory

April Workshop Focuses on Cybersecurity for Cyber-Physical Systems and Industrial Controls

April 3, 2012

Securing computers against unlawful and malicious attacks is always important, but it's especially vital when the computers in question control major physical

April Workshop at RPI Is Opportunity to Help Design the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation

April 3, 2012

The first of a planned series of regional workshops to design a proposed $1 billion federal initiative, the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI)

Online Tool Helps You Assess Your Intellectual Property Awareness

April 3, 2012

A new online tool can help small companies and entrepreneurs evaluate their awareness of intellectual property (IP)—trade secrets, company data and more—and

McFadden Named 2012 SIAM Fellow

April 3, 2012

Mathematician Geoffrey McFadden of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Applied and Computational Mathematics Division has been named a

Wu Elected SPIE Fellow

April 3, 2012

H. Felix Wu, a mechanical engineer and research manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been named a fellow of SPIE, the

Novel Filter Material Could Cut Natural Gas Refining Costs

March 29, 2012

Measurements taken by a team including National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists show that a newly devised material has the ability to

New Industry Commitments to Give 15 Million Households Tools to Shrink Their Energy Bills

March 26, 2012

Washington, D.C. — Responding to President Obama's call for an "all-of-the-above" strategy to help consumers reduce their energy costs, the Administration

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