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Material Measurement Laboratory

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What Were They Drinking? Researchers Investigate Radioactive Crock Pots

January 12, 2010

Radioactive toothpaste, suppositories, makeup: Would-be inventors seeking to capitalize on the discovery of radioactivity in the late 19th century produced a

Computer-generated image of the structure for C-reactive protein

NIST Quantifies Low Levels of 'Heart Attack Risk' Protein

November 3, 2009

Searching for a needle in a haystack may seem futile, but it's worth it if the needle is a hard-to-detect protein that may identify a person at high risk of a

The White Stuff: Marine Lab Team Seeks to Understand Coral Bleaching

October 20, 2009

With technology similar to that used by physicians to perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, researchers from six institutions--including the National

Transmission Electron Micrograph for SRM 1877 -- Beryllium Oxide Powder

New Beryllium Reference Material for Occupational Safety Monitoring

September 22, 2009

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with private industry and other government agencies, have produced a

SRM 2905, Trace Particulate Explosive Simulants

New NIST Trace Explosives Standard Slated for Homeland Security Duty

September 8, 2009

Security personnel need to be able to find explosive materials and persons who have been in contact with them. To aid such searches, the National Institute of

Newly Improved NIST Reference Material Targets Infant Formula Analysis

August 25, 2009

Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have issued a new certified reference material--a standardized sample backed by NIST--for

With Three New Reference Materials, NIST Gets the Dirt on Soil

August 25, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued three new certified reference materials for soil. Intended for use as controls in testing

NIST Releases Vitamin D Standard Reference Material

July 14, 2009

Responding to concerns about the quality and accuracy of methods used by testing laboratories to measure levels of vitamin D in the body, scientists at the

NIST Issues Human Milk and Blood Serum SRMs for Contaminant Measurements

June 30, 2009

Responding to scientists' need to measure organic contaminants in human body fluids, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recently made

New Reference Material Can Improve Testing of Multivitamin Tablets

February 10, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new certified reference material that can be an important quality assurance tool for

Statute of Liberty from Hudson County, NJ

New Reference Material for Hexavalent Chromium in Contaminated Soil

January 27, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new standard—a certified reference material—to aid in the detection and measurement of

NIST researchers measured the surface stress of a monolayer film

A Molecular 'Salve' to Sooth Surface Stresses

May 28, 2008

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shown for the first time that a single layer of molecular "salve" can

Bitter Orange SRMs: Tools for Product Analysis/Quality

May 13, 2008

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for bitter orange, long used in folk medicine and

NIST research biologist Jennifer M. Keller taking a blood sample from a loggerhead turtle

Turtle Studies Suggest Health Risks from Environmental Contaminants

February 19, 2008

The same chemicals that keep food from sticking to our frying pans and stains from setting in our carpets are damaging the livers and impairing the immune

Algae Toxin Identification Unravels Fish-Kill Mystery

January 19, 2007

A team of researchers from the Hollings Marine Laboratory in Charleston, S.C., has uncovered a subtle chemical pathway by which normally inoffensive algae

Turning a Nuclear Spotlight on Illegal Weapons Material

October 26, 2006

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated that they can cheaply

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

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

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

New NIST Database Will Help Assess Air Quality

July 19, 1999

A new database now available from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology will help measure airborne pollutants from

NIST Chemical Kinetics Database For PC Users Expanded

February 27, 1995

Environmental scientists, research chemists, combustion engineers and process chemists can search for data on 9,200 chemical reactions in an expanded database

PC Database Offers Rapid Access to Reaction Rates of Ligands in Solutions

December 17, 1993

NIST Standard Reference Database 46, NIST Critical Stability Constants of Metal Complexes, provides research chemists and chemical engineers with rapid access

From Sacramento to Stockholm, Accurate Ozone Measurements Depend on NIST

August 10, 1993

Everyone wants to measure ozone, or so it seems. Scientists are continually monitoring the ozone hole in the upper atmosphere. Weather reports often caution

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