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NIST's 3rd Disaster Resilience Workshop Set for Oct. 27-28, in Norman, Okla.

October 7, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)will hold the third in a series of regional workshops devoted to developing a community-centric

Custom bird home by Thomas Burke, Wilmington Del.

BIRDS Is for Sustainability: New NIST Tool for Evaluating Building Performance, Trade-offs

October 7, 2014

Designing a building that simply meets local code requirements is not necessarily the optimal way to do it when you consider all the long-term costs. Now

NIST Releases Final Version of Smart Grid Framework, Update 3.0

October 1, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published its NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0, a

NIST Team Honored for Work on Military Smartphone Apps, Security

September 3, 2014

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have earned a 2014 GCN Award for Information Technology Excellence for speeding development

For the Sake of Energy Efficiency, New "Intelligent Agents Lab" Doubles As a Building

August 25, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is converting one of its laboratories into the equivalent of a small office building—not because of an

Readying Your Community to Deal with Disaster

July 29, 2014

This week, experts are meeting at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Hoboken to discuss how communities can prepare themselves to minimize the impacts of

NIST Announces Competition for Community Resilience Center of Excellence

July 9, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a competition to create a Community Resilience Center of Excellence dedicated to

New York Area Disaster Resilience Workshop Set for July 30, 2014

July 1, 2014

The second in a series of regional workshops devoted to developing a community-centric "disaster resilience framework" to minimize the impacts of hazards and

NIST Test House Exceeds Goal; Ends Year with Energy to Spare

July 1, 2014

The net-zero energy test house at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in suburban Washington, D.C., not only absorbed winter's best shot

The Internet's Next Big Idea: Connecting People, Information, and Things

June 11, 2014

Blog by Chris Greer, Senior Executive for Cyber-Physical Systems at the National Institute of Standards and Technology In the early 1990s, a Web page consisted

All-Natural Mixture Yields Promising Fire Retardant

June 3, 2014

What sounds like fixings for a wizard's potion—a dash of clay, a dab of fiber from crab shells, and a dollop of DNA—actually are the ingredients of promising

Countdown to Net Zero: NIST Test House Pursues Energy Surplus in Final Month

June 2, 2014

Heading into the final stretch of a year-long trial run, the experimental net-zero energy house at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in

Automated Guided Vehicles Ripe for Standardized Performance Tests

May 20, 2014

Automated guided vehicles—or AGVs—are robotic versions of draft animals, hauling heavy loads and navigating their way in factories, distribution centers, ports

NIST Improves Performance, Capabilities of Its Computer Fire Modeling Tools

May 20, 2014

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists and engineers recently enhanced the capabilities of NIST's computer fire modeling software, a

NIST Seeks Comments on Major Revision to Industrial Control Systems Security Guide

May 15, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued for public review and comment a proposed major update to its Guide to Industrial Control

Spartanburg, S.C., Fire Experiments Will Test New Firefighting Tactics

May 13, 2014

Fire researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will return to Spartanburg, S.C., on May 15-21, 2014, as part of a collaborative

The New York City Fire Department, NIST and Underwriters Laboratories set fire to 20 abandoned townhouses on Governors Island, New York

New Online Course Based on NIST Research Highlights Insights on Modern Firefighting

April 22, 2014

A new, free, online course offered by the UL Firefighter Safety Research Institute (FSRI) highlights the tactical application of nearly two decades of research

NIST Requests Comments on Smart Grid Framework Update

April 16, 2014

The primary guiding document for creating the next-generation "smart" energy grid is getting its first major update in two years. The National Institute of

A steel shelter bolted to a concrete garage floor was all that remained of a wood-frame home destroyed in the Joplin, Mo., tornado of May 22, 2011.

NIST Issues Final Joplin Tornado Report, Begins Effort to Improve Standards and Codes

March 28, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the final report on its technical investigation into the impacts of the May 22, 2011

New Roadmap Outlines Research Path to Reduce Storm Impacts

March 26, 2014

A new measurement science research and development (R&D) roadmap,* prepared for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) over the past two

Over 6 Months, NIST Zero-Energy House Gives Back to the Grid

March 11, 2014

Over the first six months in their special, new, four-bedroom home in suburban Maryland, the Nisters, a prototypical family of four, earned about $40 by

NIST's April 7 Workshop Launches Effort to Improve Disaster Resilience of Communities

March 11, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, Md., will host the first of six workshops devoted to developing a comprehensive

Residues of an identical foam-fabric assembly in the current (left) and in the modified (right) smoldering ignition setup (45 min test duration)

NIST Study Suggests Ways to Improve Common Furniture Fire Test

February 10, 2014

The bench-scale test widely used to evaluate whether a burning cigarette will ignite upholstered furniture may underestimate the tendency of component materials

image of foam coating used to reduce flammability of furniture

Layered Security: Carbon Nanotubes Promise Improved Flame-Resistant Coating

January 14, 2014

Using an approach akin to assembling a club sandwich at the nanoscale, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have succeeded in

NIST Readies Tests for DARPA Robotics Challenge in December

December 3, 2013

'Twill be nearly the night before Christmas, but at Florida's Homestead-Miami Speedway many a robotic creature will be stirring, while visions of a $2 million

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