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NIST to Fund Pilot Projects that Advance Trusted Identities in Cyberspace

February 1, 2012

WASHINGTON—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a competition to award a total of approximately $10 million for pilot

New Colors: JILA Scientists Confirm First 'Frequency Comb' to Probe Ultraviolet Wavelengths

February 1, 2012

Physicists at JILA have created the first "frequency comb" in the extreme ultraviolet band of the spectrum, high-energy light less than 100 nanometers (nm) in

Public-Private Standards Efforts to Make America Strong

February 1, 2012

Office of Science and Technology Blog Post by U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and NIST Director Patrick Gallagher Standards—agreed upon parameters

New Report Outlines Key Features of Next-Generation Public Safety Communications

January 31, 2012

WASHINGTON—Creation of a next-generation public safety communications network requires leadership from a single non-profit organization devoted to this purpose

International Community Gathers at NIST in March to Discuss Biometric Performance and Testing

January 24, 2012

The International Biometric Performance Conference 2012, to be held March 5-9 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will bring together

NIST to Support Federal Agencies as They Implement Best Practices for Standards Activities

January 24, 2012

Last week, the White House issued a memorandum recognizing the role of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in helping agencies implement

$Transmission electron diffraction pattern from from a segment of an indium gallium nitride (InGaN) nanowire about 50 nanometers in diameter taken with an SEM using the new NIST technique$

Hacking the SEM: Crystal Phase Detection for Nanoscale Samples

January 24, 2012

Custom modifications of equipment are an honored tradition of the research lab. In a recent paper, two materials scientists at the National Institute of

NIST Accepting Applications for Two Summer Programs for Middle School Science Teachers

January 24, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is accepting applications for the 2012 Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers and the

Call for Nominations for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation

January 24, 2012

The Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is seeking nominations for the 2012 National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Cool Nano Loudspeakers Could Make for Better MRIs, Quantum Computers

January 24, 2012

A team of physicists from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), the Neils Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Harvard University has developed a theory

NIST Issues Cloud Computing Guidelines for Managing Security and Privacy

January 24, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized its first set of guidelines for managing security and privacy issues in cloud computing

NIST Publishes Draft Implementation Guidance for Continuously Monitoring an Organization's IT System Security

January 24, 2012

Three new draft reports published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are designed to help both public and private organizations

March Workshop to Support Trusted IDs in Cyberspace

January 24, 2012

The National Strategy for a Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) National Program Office will host the 2012 NIST/NSTIC IDtrust Workshop "Technologies and

Updated Guidelines to Help Ensure Electrical Devices are Smart Grid Ready

January 24, 2012

Taking a step closer to ensuring that new electrical devices will be ready to plug into the nation's next-generation power grid, the National Institute of

Economic Study Shows Value of Baldrige-Based Performance Excellence

January 18, 2012

The news in 2001 was impressive, but it's even more emphatically evident a decade later: the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) significantly

Administration Announces New Tools to Help Consumers Manage Electricity Use and Shrink Bills

January 18, 2012

SANTA CLARA, CA – Today, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra joined utility and technology executives in Silicon Valley to announce several new online

February Forums Help Manufacturers Get on Track to Build Next Generation Rail

January 12, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will host two forums in February 2012 to help U.S

NIST Technologies Contribute to Top Science Stories of 2011

January 10, 2012

The top science stories of 2011, as selected by several science magazines, include two experiments and a famous computer, that relied on technology from the

Four at NIST Elected AAAS Fellows

January 10, 2012

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society, has elected four researchers at the National

New DOC Report Examines the Federal Role in U.S. Innovation and Competitiveness

January 10, 2012

On Jan. 6, 2012, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) issued a new report highlighting key policy priorities to sustain and promote American innovation and

Stretching Exercises: Using Digital Images to Understand Bridge Failures

January 10, 2012

With a random-looking spatter of paint specks, a pair of cameras and a whole lot of computer processing, engineer Mark Iadicola of the National Institute of

Photomicrograph showing human lung cells infected with cytomegalovirus.

NIST Standard Available for Better Diagnosis, Treatment of Cytomegalovirus

January 10, 2012

A new clinical Standard Reference Material (SRM) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will help health care professionals more

NIST software simulates the tip of an atomic force microscope moving left across a stack of four sheets of graphene.

Slippery When Stacked: NIST Theorists Quantify the Friction of Graphene

January 10, 2012

Similar to the way pavement, softened by a hot sun, will slow down a car, graphene—a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon with wondrous properties—slows down an

NIST Releases Two New SRMs for Monitoring Human Exposure to Environmental Toxins

January 10, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has developed two new

NIST SBIR Program Soliciting Proposals to Solve Manufacturing and IT Challenges

January 10, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) needs American innovators and entrepreneurs to help solve technological problems and develop NIST

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