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Status of Data Collection Efforts

July 21, 2004

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is basing its review, analysis, modeling, and testing work for the World Trade Center (WTC)

Federal Investigators Classify WTC Victims' Locations Within Collapsed Buildings

July 20, 2004

As part of its building and fire safety investigation of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster, the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and

Colorized micrograph of a nanoporous insulation film after "wrinkling" with a new NIST measurement method.

NIST Testing Method Quickly Tells Whether Thin Films Are Strong Enough for the Job

July 12, 2004

The challenge of determining whether thin films—some no thicker than a single molecule—are strong enough for a growing number of important technology jobs just

NIST Study Shows Computerized Fingerprint Matching Is Highly Accurate

July 6, 2004

Computerized systems that automatically match fingerprints have become so sophisticated that the best of them are accurate more than 99 percent of the time

NIST metallurgist Robert Shull loads a sample into an ultracold chamber to measure its promise as a magnetic refrigerant.

NIST Research Reveals Tiny Iron Supplement Has 'Chilling' Effect That Bodes Well for Magnetic Refrigeration

June 23, 2004

A pinch of iron dramatically boosts the cooling performance of a material considered key to the development of magnetic refrigerators, report researchers at the

NIST Launches Advanced Measurement Laboratory

June 21, 2004

Photos and graphics on display in the AML gallery Photos of AML dedication Considered the most technically advanced research facility of its kind in the world

Interim Findings from NIST World Trade Center Building and Fire Safety Investigation Identify Issues with Current Standards, Codes and Practices

June 18, 2004

Fact Sheet of Key Interim Findings Presentation by S. Sunder (.pdf) Progress Report The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology

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

NIST Demonstrates 'Teleportation' of Atomic States for Quantum Computing

June 16, 2004

Physicists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated "teleportation" by transferring key properties

Keeping Drugs Stable Without Refrigeration

June 16, 2004

A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down, but it may take only a thin coating of freeze-dried sugar to keep insulin, vaccines and other heat-sensitive

A Quantum Mechanical 'Tune Up' for Better Measurement

June 4, 2004

By exploiting the weird quantum behavior of atoms, physicists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have

Evans Releases Report on Reducing Standards-Related Barriers to U.S. Exports Through Enhanced Department of Commerce Standards Activities

May 18, 2004

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Commerce Secretary Donald L. Evans released a report today to reduce standards-related trade barriers and called for broader collaboration

NIST System Sets Speed Record For Generation of Quantum Keys for 'Unbreakable' Encryption

May 3, 2004

The fastest known cryptographic system based on transmission of single photons—the smallest pulses of light—has been demonstrated by a team at the Commerce

Background on Quantum Key Distribution

April 29, 2004

Quantum encryption systems use lasers to generate individual pulses of light called photons. Each photon is sent in one of two modes, either vertical/horizontal

Field within and around a 60 nm radius gold nanoring

Better Chemistry Through Nanorings

April 12, 2004

Gold rings suddenly have new cachet, and it has nothing to do with the price of gold or trends in marriage. Moreover, in this case, smaller rings are better

Four New Members Named to NIST's Technology Advisory Committee

April 5, 2004

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Acting Director Hratch Semerjian has named four distinguished industry and

Computer model of fire at The Station nightclub after 90 seconds

NIST Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Investigation Team Calls for Improvements

March 3, 2004

Fact Sheet: Key Findings and Recommendations for Improvement; NIST Investigation of The Station Nightclub Fire Presentation on Draft Report on The Station

NIST to Hold Public Meeting on WTC Investigation in NYC on February 12

February 12, 2004

Location: New York Marriott Financial Center Hotel, 85 West Street, New York, NY Meeting agenda The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and

NCST Advisory Committee Submits First Annual Report to Congress

February 12, 2004

The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee, the panel of 10 building and fire experts established to advise the Commerce Department's

President Continues to Make Technology a Priority

February 2, 2004

More on FY 2005 budget request FY 2005 budget briefing by Undersecretary for Technology Phillip Bond and NIST Director Arden Bement (pdf) President Bush

NIST research chemist John Marino places a RNA sample into the magnet of a nuclear magnetic resonance instrument

'Kissing' RNA and HIV-1: Unraveling the details

January 30, 2004

A subtle structural change that may play a role in the molecular machinery for making HIV-1 (the virus that causes AIDS) has been identified by scientists from

Deborah Jin, Markus Greiner, Cindy Regal

NIST/University of Colorado Scientists Create New Form of Matter: A Fermionic Condensate

January 28, 2004

Opening Statement from Press Conference Scientists at JILA, a joint laboratory of the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology

Deborah S. Jin, NIST physicist, JILA Fellow, and CU adjoint associate professor Opening Statement Press conference on Fermionic Condensates, Jan. 28, 2004