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SRMs 1992 & 1993 Zeta Potential - Colloidal Silica

May 27, 2021

Zeta Potential – Colloidal Silica A measurement aid for industries that rely on microscopic particles Two new Standard Reference Materials from the National

SRM 3452 High-Temperature Seebeck Coefficient Standard (295 K to 900 K)

May 27, 2021

SRM 3452: High-Temperature Seebeck Coefficient Standard (295 K to 900 K) Standard Reference Material (SRM) 3452 enables, for the first time, instrument

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Want to Avoid Problems in Powerful New Drugs? Ask a Roofer.

February 28, 2019

Understanding how proteins clump together is essential in modern pharmaceuticals. When these tiny particles aggregate, they can alter the effectiveness of both

Winning Numbers

May 29, 2018

NIST Standard Reference Materials® help people in industry, academia, and government agencies have confidence in their measurements, which is essential to every

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NIST HER2 Genomic DNA Standard Reference Material, SRM® 2373

NIST Standard Reference Material SRM® 2373 was developed to improve the measurements of the HER2 gene amplification in DNA samples. SRM® 2373 consists of

Awards

2019 - Eugene Casson Crittenden Award---James Fort

For providing critical after-hours logistical handling of temperature-sensitive Standard Reference Materials (SRMs).

2016 - Judson C. French Award---Hua-jun He, Jamie Almeida, Kenneth Cole, Steven Choquette, Steven Lund

For development of the first-ever cancer-gene copy-number Standard Reference Material for diagnosing cancers: NIST SRM 2373.