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NIST Invites Applications for the 2014 Standards Services Curricula Development Program

February 25, 2014

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is offering financial support for the development of curricula with standards and standardization

Sample Deposit on Piezoelectric Quartz Crystals

NIST Microanalysis Technique Makes the Most of Small Nanoparticle Samples

February 24, 2014

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have demonstrated that they can make

Baylor Plano Announcement

February 21, 2014

Today, February 21, 2014, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, a 2013 Baldrige Award honoree, officially notified us that it is withdrawing from the process

Stirred, Then Shaken: NIST Atomtronic Study May Pave the Way for New Devices

February 19, 2014

While pursuing the goal of turning a cloud of ultracold atoms into a completely new kind of circuit element, physicists at the National Institute of Standards

NIST Requests Comments on its Cryptographic Standards Process

February 19, 2014

As part of a review of its cryptographic standards development process, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting public comment

NIST Webcast on New Forensic Scientific Area Committees Set for Feb. 18, 2014

February 14, 2014

The NIST forensics science team is holding a public presentation and live webcast on its new Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) at the American

Hysteresis in a Quantized BEC Superfluid

February 14, 2014

Scientists at NIST's Physical Measurement Laboratory and the NIST-sponsored Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), with collaborators elsewhere, have observed a

NIST Scientists to Present Forensic Science Research at AAFS

February 13, 2014

What's new in forensic science research? NIST scientists will be presenting recent research results – from fingerprint examination to biological evidence

CNST Deputy Director Lloyd Whitman Serving as Interim Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office

February 12, 2014

Lloyd Whitman, Deputy Director of the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), has been detailed to the National Science and Technology Council

NIST Releases Cybersecurity Framework Version 1.0

February 12, 2014

To help organizations charged with providing the nation's financial, energy, health care and other critical systems better protect their information and

NMR data showing the levels of reduced glutathione (GSH) and oxidized glutathione (GSSG) over time in yeast cells at rest (top) and under oxidative stress (bottom).

New NIST Method Evaluates Response to Oxidation in Live Cells

February 11, 2014

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method for accurately measuring a key process governing a wide

prototype receiver for laser communications

Clever NIST/JPL Technology Decodes More Information from Single Photons

February 11, 2014

It's not quite Star Trek communications—yet. But long-distance communications in space may be easier now that researchers at the National Institute of Standards

NIST to Hold Cryptographic Key Management Workshop March 4-5

February 11, 2014

A workshop aimed at improving federal cryptographic key management systems will be held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s

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

Statement from Willie May, Associate Director of Laboratory Programs concerning the Appointment of Patrick Gallagher to be the Next Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh

February 10, 2014

"Pat Gallagher will be sorely missed at NIST. As Director of NIST for the last several years and a 20-year veteran of the organization, he has been a model of