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U.S., Brazil Publish Compliance Requirement Guides for Selected Industries

November 27, 2012

New publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its counterpart in Brazil can help manufacturers in several industries

NIST Publishes Methods to Manage Risk in the Federal ICT Supply Chain

November 27, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the final version of Notional Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Federal

NIST Releases Annual Report on Federal Technology Transfer

November 27, 2012

With new treatments for disease, test suites that safeguard computers, and even expertise to rescue miners trapped thousands of feet underground, federal

Dr. Shyam Sunder, NIST lead investigator, answers questions at a news briefing on August 21, 2008, about NIST's three-year study of the collapse of World Trade Center 7.

New York Taps NIST's Sunder for Post-Sandy Review of Critical Systems and Services

November 27, 2012

S. Shyam Sunder, director of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has agreed to serve on the New York State

Cybersecurity for Smart Grid Systems

Smart grid cybersecurity must address both inadvertent compromises of the electric infrastructure, due to user errors, equipment failures, and natural disasters

Advanced Metering in Smart Distribution Grids

Electricity meters today face unprecedented challenges, from distorted waveforms on the grid, bidirectional metering for renewables, and the use of meters as

NIST – VA Agreement Leads to New Research on Hearing Aids

November 30, 2012

Randy Wagner and the rest of the Acoustics Team in PML's Semiconductor and Dimensional Metrology Division are planning new research directions as they celebrate

Cityscape in the background. Solar panels in the foreground.

Smart Grid Program

The Smart Grid Program develops and demonstrates smart grid measurement science advances to improve the efficiency, reliability, resilience, and sustainability

NIST Joint Cloud and Big Data Workshop

Tue, Jan 15 - Thu, Jan 17 2013

The NIST Cloud and Big Data Workshop brought together leaders and innovators from industry, academia and government in

To improve the efficiency, sustainability, economics, and resiliency of the Nation’s electric grids by developing and demonstrating advances in measurement science to improve grid interoperability and facilitate the use of the distribution grid as an enabling platform for modern energy services.

Enriched Silicon: Going for Four Nines

November 20, 2012

Any eventual quantum computer, no matter how it may be configured, will need a way to store and manipulate information in qubits – the quantum counterpart of a

CNST Releases the Fall 2012 Edition of The CNST News

November 21, 2012

The NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) is pleased to announce the release of the fall 2012 edition of The CNST News. This quarterly

The Asia-Pacific Economy

Fri, Nov 30 2012

This hour with Ambassador Beazley, a highly regarded orator and expert on diverse topics ranging from Asia-Pacific

Electric Vehicle Fueling and Submetering: U.S. National Work Group

In July 2024, the U.S. National Work Group (USNWG) on Electric Vehicle Fueling and Submetering completed a major goal in establishing the...

Calibration of the Extreme UV/X-ray Irradiance Sensor (EXIS) for the Geostationary Operations Environment Satellite R-Series Program (GOES-R)

Calibrations of the The Extreme ultraviolet/X-ray Irradiance Sensor (EXIS), which will be installed on the Geostationary Operations Environment Satellite R

SOS Public Comments Received 76 FR 3877

Comments in response to Effectiveness of Federal Agency Participation in Standardization in Select Technology Sectors for National Science...

Handbook 44 - 2013 Edition

Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices as adopted by the 97th National Conference...

In this computer model, small, pre-selected nanotube "seeds" are grown to long nanotubes of the same twist or "chirality" in a high-temperature gas of small carbon compounds.

'Cloning' Could Make Structurally Pure Nanotubes for Nanoelectronics

November 14, 2012

Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a technique for

Scanning electron microscope image of a typical sample of the NIST single-wall carbon nanotube soot standard reference material.

NIST Study Suggests Carbon Nanotubes May Protect DNA from Oxidation

November 14, 2012

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have provided evidence in the laboratory that single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) may

Key Property of Graphene Sustained Over Wide Ranges of Density and Energy

November 14, 2012

A collaboration led by researchers from the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology has shown for the first time that charge carriers in graphene

metRology Software Project

The goal of the metRology software project is to provide a set of specialized functions for statistical metrology as a package for the R software environment

Volume Seminar

Mon, Jan 28 - Fri, Feb 1 2013

To provide participants the skills that are needed to organize and operate a volume calibration laboratory, following

About the Subcommittee on Standards (SOS)

About the SOS The SOS is a forum for senior officials of federal agencies to consider and address critical standards-related issues...

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control hi-res

Four U.S. Organizations Honored with the 2012 Baldrige National Quality Award

November 14, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank today named four U.S. organizations as recipients of the 2012 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality

Standard Reference Materials

NIST supports accurate and compatible measurements by certifying and providing over 1200 Standard Reference Materials® with well-characterized composition or properties, or both.

A green laser beam rotates around the toroidal BEC, acting as a sort of "optical paddle."

The First Controllable Atom SQUID

November 2, 2012

Scientists have created the first controllable atomic circuit that functions analogously to a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) and allows

Time lapse fluorescence images of a cell culture (clockwise from top left, start - 14 hours - 28 hours - 42 hours) reveal how the expression of a particular gene in the culture varies not only from cell to cell, but with time.

Cellular Landscaping: Predicting How, and How Fast, Cells Will Change

October 31, 2012

A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a model* for making quantifiable predictions of how a group of cells

NIST, UMD Celebrate 25 Years of Research Partnership at IBBR

October 31, 2012

Officials and researchers from the University of Maryland (UMD) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) gathered on Oct. 25, 2012, to

NIST Provides Draft Guidelines to Secure Mobile Devices

October 31, 2012

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published draft guidelines that outline the baseline security technologies mobile devices should

Close up of the NIST chip-scale atomic clock

New NIST Web Resource Hosts Federal Research Technology Transfer Plans

October 31, 2012

A new website has been launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to serve as a central resource for technology transfer plans