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The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) is launching a monthly newsletter to communicate OSAC program status, activities
Forensic science service providers need access to a uniform set of standards that support scientifically sound and statistically valid test results, laboratory
Forensic science service providers need access to a uniform set of standards that support scientifically sound and statistically valid test results, laboratory
A new draft report by an interagency working group lays out objectives and recommendations for enhancing the U.S. government's coordination and participation in
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has formed an international alliance with about a dozen telecommunications companies and universities
Life may be as unpredictable as a box of chocolates, but ideally, you always know what you're going to get from a quantum dot. A quantum dot should produce one
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the final version of its " Secure Hash Algorithm-3" standard, a next-generation tool for
MBDA Contact: Velicia D. Woods, 202-482-0491 The U.S. Department of Commerce has established a new partnership between the Minority Business Development Agency
A new reference material that will help laboratories accurately measure radioactive contamination in seawater is now available from the National Institute of
Depicting how an innovative government organization might use the Baldrige Excellence Framework: A Systems Approach to Improving Your Organization's Performance
Teaming with a medical equipment company, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first calibration
The NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) is pleased to announce the release of the
Since quantum theory has been known to borrow from the arts—Murray Gell-Mann famously named "quarks" after a line from James Joyce—it's only fitting that
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting " Safeguarding Health Information: Building Assurance through HIPAA Security-2015,"
Researchers looking for information on the properties of methane at high temperatures or the isotopic composition of an element know they can rely on standard
A newly released study comparing 34 U.S. health care organizations that received the Baldrige National Quality Award with their 153 geographically closest
Gaithersburg, MD — The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a draft for public comment of the first guide in a new series of
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has put firm numbers on the high costs of installing pipelines to transport hydrogen fuel—and also
Hunting for the best material from which to build organic solar cells can be like seeking the proverbial haystack needle, but now scientists at the National
The Commerce Department's Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program is signing up a new round of industry collaborators for the test bed used to
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have come up with a way to shrink a research instrument generally associated with large
The White House fact sheet on cybersecurity highlights five NIST efforts to improve the nation's cybersecurity: The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
Today the White House released a fact sheet on manufacturing that highlights efforts of NIST's Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Investing in the
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) generate data and author publications that lead to advances in diverse fields such as