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New methods for exploring the behavior of the high-performance electronics materials and devices that will shape the future of the electronics industry will be
Ron Ross, senior computer scientist and information security researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been named to the
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Karen Scarfone and Matthew P. Barrett received the 2009 Federal 100 Award. Presented by Federal Computer
Alton (Al) D. Romig, Jr., a senior executive at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., has been chosen to serve on the primary policy advisory body
The next time you shop for frozen seafood, and the price per pound seems enticingly low, make sure that you are really getting a full 16 ounces of fish
When an employee has so many complex passwords to remember that he keeps them on a sticky note attached to his computer screen, that could be a sign that your
Visiting aliens may be the stuff of legend, but if a scientific team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is right, we may be
Dr. Gregory Rutter, an NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate in the CNST, has won a Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from the Georgia Institute of Technology chapter of
In a recent report in the journal ACS Nano,* researchers in the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group and Electron Physics Group reported their success at precise
Dr. Daniel Pierce of the CNST has been cited as an Outstanding Referee by the American Physical Society (APS). This lifetime APS award was initiated in 2008 "to
BOULDER, Colo.—Physicists have measured and controlled seemingly forbidden collisions between neutral strontium atoms—a class of antisocial atoms known as
By combining the results of a number of powerful techniques for studying material structure at the nanoscale, a team of researchers from the National Institute
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Cornell University have capitalized on a process for manufacturing integrated
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new ion trap that enables ions to go through an intersection while
As part of a U.S. government-wide effort to expand the amount of information available to the public about its programs, the National Institute of Standards and
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced a 2009 competition for multiyear research funding in two major areas of national
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened for public comment detailed new methods for testing future electronic voting systems'
As part of the Obama Administration's commitment to moving the nation toward energy independence, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has
Highlighting another challenge to the development of quantum computers, theorists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shown that a
Optical frequency combs have been vigorously developed over the past seven years at NIST and elsewhere. They provide a uniquely broadband and coherent optical
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—Researchers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Cornell University have capitalized on a
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a 2009 competition for multiyear research funding in two major areas
Most people's experience with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) consists of a quick glance at a photocopied document at the doctor