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Webinar - Documenting Traceability and Calibration Intervals

Mon, Jun 18 2012

At the end of (or during) this session, using your notes and ISO/IEC 17025 or NIST HB 143, you will: be able to describe

NIST Withdraws Outdated Data Encryption Standard

June 2, 2005

Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez recently approved the withdrawal of the Data Encryption Standard (Federal Information Processing Standard 46-3) and two

2004 Baldrige Winners' Applications Available

June 2, 2005

While the overall frozen baked goods industry has remained relatively flat, sales for The Bama Companies have increased 72 percent; total revenue has grown from

Meeting Slated to Discuss Structural Steel and Fire

June 2, 2005

The World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, showed the critical importance of fire resistant materials for structural steel. To accelerate

NIST June Workshop Focuses on BFRs in Environment

June 2, 2005

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the Seventh Annual Workshop on Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs) in the Environment on June

National SBIR/STTR Spring Conference

Sun, Apr 10 - Wed, Apr 13 2011

At this conference you will learn about key facets of the federal SBIR/STTR (Small Business Innovation Research/Small

Software Addresses Terrorist Building Threats

June 2, 2005

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) economists have released risk assessment software that building owners and managers can use to identify

Energy Technology Partnership Forum

Wed, Apr 13 2011

In this broad and dynamic field of energy technology, meet researchers from federal agencies/labs, academia, economic

The First Non-Trivial Atom Circuit: Progress towards an Atom SQUID

March 30, 2011

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland (UM) have created the first nontrivial "atom circuit,"

Closer Look at Cell Membrane Shows Cholesterol 'Keeping Order'

March 30, 2011

Cell membranes form the "skin" of most every cell in your body, but the ability to view them up close and in motion cannot be rendered by many experimental

Microreactors: Small Scale Chemistry Could Lead to Big Improvements for Biodegradable Polymers

March 30, 2011

Using a small block of aluminum with a tiny groove carved in it, a team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the

NIST, ASTM Land a One-Two Punch to Fight Explosives Terrorism

March 30, 2011

Trace-explosives detectors (TEDs) are an increasingly common sight at airports and on loading docks, and emergency response personnel carry them to evaluate

Six people with shovels stand in front of a pile of dirt

Ground Broken for New Green Technology and Fire Safety Facilities

March 30, 2011

On March 25, 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a groundbreaking ceremony at its Gaithersburg, Md., campus for three new

Charge It: Neutral Atoms Made to Act Like Electrically Charged Particles

March 30, 2011

Completing the story they started by creating synthetic magnetic fields, scientists from the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National

New Study Maps Out Steps to Strengthen U.S. Resilience to Earthquakes

March 30, 2011

A new National Research Council (NRC) report presents a 20-year road map that outlines steps for increasing U.S. resilience to earthquakes, including a major

NIST's Ron Ross is Named to InformationWeek Government Top 50 List

March 30, 2011

Ron Ross, a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Fellow, has been named to InformationWeek Government's CIO 50, which identifies 2010's top

SI Units - Mass

Resources for Students and Teachers | League of SI Superheroes - Monsieur Kilogram | What is the difference between the terms "mass" and...

Webinar - Basic Uncertainty Concepts

Mon, Jun 18 2012

At the end of (or during) this session, using your notes and ISO/IEC 17025 or NIST HB 143, you will be able to: Explain

Member Agreement

Consortium members will be required to sign a member cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA). It is essential that all...

Diagnostics for Bone Disease Taking the High Road or the Low Road to Standardization

Fri, Apr 8 2011

Each year the incidence of osteoporosis-related fractures in women is greater than the incidence of heart attacks

Video Analytics

The Multimodal Information Group's (MIG) video analytics program includes several activities contributing to the development of technologies that extract

NIST Advisory Committee Issues 2008 Annual Report

June 16, 2009

The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the agency's primary private-sector advisory

NIST Issues Latest Guidelines for Teleworking Security

June 16, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the final version of an updated publication to help organizations and employees secure

NIST Seeks Proposals for $20 Million Program to Create Measurement Science and Engineering Fellowships

June 16, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is establishing a financial assistance program to help selected institutions

Shadow Technique Improves Measurement of Micro Holes

June 2, 2005

Sometimes seeing a shadow can be as good or better than seeing the real thing. A new measurement method developed by researchers working at the National

Flemming Awards Received by Four NIST Researchers

June 16, 2005

On June 6, four NIST researchers were among 12 honorees who received the Arthur S. Flemming Award at a ceremony held at The George Washington University in

New NIST Method Improves Accuracy of Spectrometers

June 16, 2005

Measurements of the intensity of light at different wavelengths can be made more accurately now, thanks to a new, simple method for correcting common instrument

Software Advance Helps Computers Act Logically

June 16, 2005

Computers just respond to commands, never "thinking" about the consequences. A new software language, however, promises to enable computers to reason much more

New Gene Chip May Be Early Cancer Diagnosis Tool

June 16, 2005

A pilot study at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in support of the National Cancer Institute's Early Detection Research Network (EDRN

NIST Scientist Honored for Neutron Probe Advances

June 30, 2005

Through pioneering contributions that have expanded the capabilities of a class of specialized instruments that use neutrons to probe materials, Charles