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The Persistence of Memory: Looking into MRAM

August 5, 2013

Many in the electronics industry want to change how memories are made. So PML scientists are exploring the physics and developing the metrology required to do

Next Workshop on Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Framework is in Dallas, Sept. 11, 2013

August 5, 2013

Registration is now open for the fourth in a series of workshops to bring together representatives from government, industry and academia to establish a

Secretary Pritzker Visits the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Gaithersburg, Md., Campus

August 2, 2013

U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker visited the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md., today, as part of her nationwide

The National Cybersecurity Center Seeks Comments on Energy Industry Security Scenarios

July 25, 2013

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is inviting industry to help address two

NIST AMTech Program Announces Grants for Industry-led Consortia to Explore Issues Hampering Advanced Manufacturing in U.S.

July 24, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a competition for grants to support new or existing industry-driven consortia to

NIST Awards 13 Companies with 2013 Small Business Innovation Research Funding

July 24, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that more than $2.3 million in funding for Phase I and Phase II Small Business

New NIST Nanoscale Indenter Takes Novel Approach to Measuring Surface Properties

July 23, 2013

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of North Carolina have demonstrated a new design for an instrument

New NIST Standard Reference Material to Help Calibrate Hospital CAT Scanners

July 23, 2013

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new standard reference material (SRM), the first such measurement tool

E.U. and U.S. to Extend Scientific Cooperation on Measurements and Standards

July 18, 2013

The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) yesterday

New Nanoscale Imaging Method Finds Application in Plasmonics

July 16, 2013

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have shown how to make nanoscale measurements of

NIST Chip Measurement Advance Earns 'Oscar of Innovation'

July 12, 2013

A fundamental advance in measurement capabilities that could save semiconductor manufacturers billions of dollars annually has earned a 2013 R&D 100 Award for

Who Are You? NIST Biometric Publication Provides Two New Ways to Tell Quickly

July 12, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new publication that broadens agency security options for Personal Identity Verification

NIST Shows How to Make a Compact Frequency Comb in Minutes

July 11, 2013

Laser frequency combs—high-precision tools for measuring different colors of light in an ever-growing range of applications such as advanced atomic clocks

Test tubes, evidence bags, etc., from a forensics laboratory

NIST Offers Guidance on Building 21st-Century Forensic Labs

July 10, 2013

A new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) handbook provides law enforcement agencies with a detailed how-to guide on the planning, design

The NIST Dexterous Manipulation Testbed features a seven degree-of-freedom highly dexterous robot and a seven degree-of-freedom, three fingered robotic hand.

NIST Workshop Gets a 'Grip' on Robotics Challenge

July 10, 2013

Even though modern industrial robots are becoming nimbler and more capable, they still need to get a good grip on things—the equivalent of hands that are as

Study Provides Details on Portable Generator Emissions and Carbon Monoxide Exposure

July 10, 2013

Despite warnings to the contrary, many people continue to operate portable generators indoors or close to open windows, doors, or vents, resulting in more than

Making the Case for History

July 1, 2013

The original Declaration of Independence on display at the National Archives reaches its 237th anniversary this year protected by NIST science and engineering

NIST Seeks Proposals to Establish New Center of Excellence on Advanced Materials Research

June 28, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a competition to create an Advanced Materials Center of Excellence to foster

New Photon Detector for Advanced Communications Knows When to Not Know

June 26, 2013

In some standardized tests, the graders add in a penalty factor for wrong answers to discourage students from randomly guessing. It turns out that there's a

NIST Announces Three Funding Opportunities in Engineering Research

June 26, 2013

Funding opportunities for research in the areas of disaster-resilient buildings and communities, sustainable construction and manufacturing, and "smart"

New NIST Test for Firefighter Breathing Equipment Goes into Effect Sept. 1

June 25, 2013

As of Sept. 1, 2013, standard firefighter breathing equipment cannot be certified to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards unless the facepiece

Three Presidential Innovation Fellows Begin Work at NIST

June 25, 2013

Three of this year's Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIF) began work at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on June 18, 2013, helping the

Time to Celebrate: NIST Radio Station WWVB Logs 50 Years of Innovation

June 25, 2013

Fifty years ago on July 5, 1963, a modest radio station in Fort Collins, Colo., officially went on the airwaves—a landmark event for U.S. industry and the

High-Efficiency Photon Source Brings Day of Reckoning Closer for a Famous Quantum Test

June 25, 2013

Physicists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) are edging ever closer to getting really

Revised Security Guidelines Provide Strategy for Government Mobile Device Management

June 25, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a mobile device management guide for federal agencies seeking secure methods for workers

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