Materials Science News

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) metallurgist William J. Boettinger has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering … more

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will co-host a workshop to discuss needed measurement technologies and standards in the … more

Although still in the qualifying rounds, U.S. researchers are helping manufacturers win the race to develop low-cost ways to commercialize a … more

Companies and research organizations are invited to collaborate with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and SEMATECH in the … more

This computer model shows how titanium atoms (dark blue) can attach above the centers of single-walled carbon nanotubes (light blue). Quantum … more

The challenge of determining whether thin films—some no thicker than a single molecule—are strong enough for a growing number … more

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

The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that materials scientist John Cahn will … more

When the remains of the RMS Titanic were discovered more than two miles beneath the surface of the North Atlantic in 1985, the story of the great … more