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Material Measurement Laboratory

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New Reference Materials Support Industrial Zeolites

September 14, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued three new reference materials to support researchers studying the properties of

ERCC to Begin Test Rounds for Final RNA Reference Set

September 14, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the External RNA Controls Consortium (ERCC), has awarded a contract to

New Web Database Improves Access to Ionic Liquid Data

August 17, 2006

Chemical engineers and others designing "green" industrial processes using new ionic liquid solvents now have an important new resource, an on-line database of

Links Between DNA Damage and Breast Cancer Studied

August 3, 2006

Researchers from the Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have uncovered a pattern of DNA

Rust Never Sleeps: New SRM Aids Coated Steel Industry

July 6, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new reference material to aid quality control in the steel coatings industry. The new

Designer Gradients Speed Surface Science Experiments

June 8, 2006

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an elegantly simple technique for synthesizing a wide variety of

NIST chemists Thomas Bruno and Beverly Smith analyze complex fuel mixtures with the new advanced distillation curve apparatus.

Still More Accurate After All These Years

May 25, 2006

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed an improved method for measuring basic properties of complex fuel

Neuronal Cell Cultures Kept on the Straight and Narrow

May 25, 2006

An improved technique for culturing cells, developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), may enable new, fundamental insights into the

Mass Spectrometry Methods Database Gets Major Update

May 25, 2006

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently added 150 new methods—nicknamed "recipes"—to a database already containing 255

NIST and NCI to Collaborate On Proteomics Assessment

May 12, 2006

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health have begun a program to

Low-Cost Microfluidics Can Be a Sticky Problem

May 12, 2006

A deceptively simple approach to bonding thermoplastic microchannel plates together with solvent could be used for low-cost, high-volume production of

Boettinger Elected to Engineering Academy

February 16, 2006

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) metallurgist William J. Boettinger has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), an honor

Kayser Is New Head of NIST Materials Lab

February 16, 2006

Richard Kayser, a chemist with diverse technical and managerial experience, has been named director of the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL)

New Enhancements Upgrade NIST Mass Spectra Library

December 22, 2005

After three years of development, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a major upgrade of the widely used NIST/EPA/NIH Mass

Measurement and Standards Issues in Telemedicine

November 3, 2005

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in cooperation with the National Library of Medicine will host a workshop on Dec. 7, 2005, to explore

A New Structural View of Organic Electronic Devices

September 9, 2005

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

Practice Guide Describes Engineering Standards

August 26, 2005

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the ASM International Surface Engineering Committee, has issued a guide to

Consortium Seeks Comment on Gene Expression Roadmap

August 26, 2005

The External RNA Controls Consortium (ERCC) has issued for comment a draft plan for the selection and qualification of candidate RNA sequences, to be used as

NIST Workshop to Help Industry Meet New EU Regulations

August 10, 2005

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a workshop this coming October to assist U.S. manufacturers and their supply chain partners

Measurement Challenges In Detecting Cancer Biomarkers

July 26, 2005

In cancer research, biomarkers are molecules that indicate the presence of cancer in the body. Most are based on abnormal changes or mutations in genes, RNA

Bioagent Detector Guide Aids First Responder Purchasing

July 26, 2005

Ever since envelopes containing anthrax bacteria were mailed to Congressional and media offices in 2001 causing several deaths, many first responder departments

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 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

Flame Retardant Exposure Linked to House Dust

December 29, 2004

Common house dust may be an important source of a potentially dangerous class of chemicals called polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), according to an

Gold Nano Anchors Put Nanowires in Their Place

November 10, 2004

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a technique for growing well-formed, single-crystal nanowires in

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