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U.S. Department of Commerce Charter of the National Institute of Standards and Technology National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee

November 12, 2002

ESTABLISHMENT: In accordance with the requirements of Section11 of the National Construction Safety Team Act (P. L. 107-231), hereinafter referred to as the Act...

image of a subdividing cell treated with a fluorescent stain that is selectively absorbed by mitochondria.

Using Mitochondrial DNA as a Cancer Biomarker

October 30, 2002

As part of a national effort to identify biomarkers for early detection of cancer, NIST is developing safer, faster, and more efficient methods for sequencing...

New Commerce Guidelines to Help Protect Against Cyberattacks

October 29, 2002

Federal agencies now have a systematic way to evaluate their computer security as a result of guidelines announced today by Commerce Under Secretary for...

Researchers John Roberts and Oliver Slattery using the tactile graphic display device

Commerce's NIST and National Federation of the Blind Cooperate on Development of Technology that Allows the Blind to 'Feel' Electronic Images

October 24, 2002

Deputy Secretary of Commerce Sam Bodman and National Federation of the Blind (NFB) President Marc Maurer today announced that the Commerce Department's National...

Four New NIST Guides Counter Cyberattacks Furthers Administration's Commitment to Secure Cyberspace

October 2, 2002

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published four new computer security guides that are the latest in a...

President Signs Bill Granting Commerce's NIST New Authorities to Investigate Major Building Failures

October 2, 2002

President Bush late yesterday signed into law legislation giving the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) authorities to...

Access to Information from Silverstein Properties

October 1, 2002

The information collected and documented by World Trade Center leaseholder Silverstein Properties on the events at the World Trade Center complex on Sept. 11...

Commerce Agencies Collaborate to Help Improve Competitiveness of Minority Businesses

September 26, 2002

Two Commerce Department agencies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), today announced...

Memorandum of Understanding between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)

September 26, 2002

I. INTRODUCTION The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) agree to enter into this...

Twenty-One Receive High Honors from Commerce Department for Work at NIST

September 25, 2002

Commerce Secretary Don Evans has honored 21 local employees of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with Gold and...

Can Nanotubes Be Engineered to Superconduct? Study Suggests Promising New Avenues for Nanotube Research

September 20, 2002

Superconducting nanotubes may lie on the technology horizon, suggests a theoretical study recently published by researchers from the Commerce Department's...

NIST Issues Guidelines to Protect First Responders Exposed to Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Agents

September 19, 2002

A new report issued today by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the first comprehensive set of basic procedures...

Status Updated on Recovered World Trade Center Steel at NIST

September 17, 2002

The study of steel recovered from the site of the fallen World Trade Center towers and the WTC-7 building in New York City will be a critical component of the...

NIST 'Pins' Down Imaging System for the Blind

September 13, 2002

Seeing is believing, unless you're blind or visually impaired. To this group, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) says, "try feeling is...

Researchers Say 'Frustrated Magnets' Hint at Broader Organizing Principle in Nature

August 22, 2002

When "frustrated" by their arrangement, magnetic atoms surrender their individuality, stop competing with their neighbors and then practice a group version of...

Commerce's NIST Details Federal Investigation of World Trade Center Collapse

August 21, 2002

More information on the investigation is available at http://wtc.nist.gov. The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today...

NIST Team Reports Method to Characterize New Insulating Materials for Microelectronics

August 20, 2002

Researchers from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reported today they have developed methods for characterizing...

NIST to Officially Launch World Trade Center Investigation

August 19, 2002

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold a press briefing to officially embark on a 24-month building fire and...

Highlights of Revisions to WTC Investigation Plan Based on Public Comments

August 19, 2002

NIST requested and received public comments on the scope of its plan for the World Trade Center (WTC) Building and Fire Safety Investigation. Comments were...

Public/Private Advance Focuses the Search for New Materials to Print Next-Generation Microchips

July 19, 2002

New methods reported today by researchers from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the IBM T.J. Watson Research...

OSTP Report Assesses Status of NIST Neutron Center, Other U.S. Facilities

June 27, 2002

A new report issued by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy finds that neutron probes are becoming increasingly indispensable research tools...

Neumann Receives Computer System Security Award

June 18, 2002

One of the country's pioneering figures in computer security was honored in a special ceremony at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and...

New e-Handbook of Statistical Methods Available Online from NIST

June 15, 2002

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and International SEMATECH (ISMT) announced today the new NIST/Sematech e...

Design Proposed for Large-Scale Quantum Computer

June 12, 2002

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Michigan have taken a significant...

NIST to Postpone April 22 Meeting in New York on World Trade Center Investigation

April 15, 2002

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is postponing a public meeting scheduled for April 22, 2002, in New York City to...

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