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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the Seventh Annual Workshop on Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs) in the Environment on June
The World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, showed the critical importance of fire resistant materials for structural steel. To accelerate
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold a public meeting starting at 1 p.m. (EST) on April 5, 2005, at the Crowne Plaza Times Square
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to sponsor a fire test of a World Trade Center (WTC) tower floor system as
A pinch of iron dramatically boosts the cooling performance of a material considered key to the development of magnetic refrigerators, report researchers at the
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today outlined its plans to conduct a series of interviews that will provide key
The information collected and documented by World Trade Center leaseholder Silverstein Properties on the events at the World Trade Center complex on Sept. 11
The study of steel recovered from the site of the fallen World Trade Center towers and the WTC-7 building in New York City will be a critical component of the
NIST requested and received public comments on the scope of its plan for the World Trade Center (WTC) Building and Fire Safety Investigation. Comments were
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold a press briefing to officially embark on a 24-month building fire and
The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is postponing a public meeting scheduled for April 22, 2002, in New York City to
Neil M. Zimmerman, has received the 2000 Edward Uhler Condon Award from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the Commerce Department
The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Commerce today announced grants totaling nearly $1.1 million for six industry projects
Ray Kammer, director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, has named Jack E. Snell as director of the agency's Building
The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced the appointment of S. Shyam Sunder as chief of the Structures Division in
Slide to the left, slide to the right and don't fall down. No, it's not a new dance, but a building with shock absorbers—a feature that could someday save more
Environmentally sensitive and cash-conscious BEES soon could be helping designers and architects plan better buildings.
BEES, an acronym for "Building for
Five companies and two trade associations have joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology in a cooperative research consortium to evaluate the
Three paint manufacturers and the Federal Highway Administration, a large user of paint products, have joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology
Government and construction industry officials today dedicated a new facility at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help improve the quality
The strong earthquake that struck the Los Angeles area last January 17 provided the first full-scale test of modern seismic structural codes and revealed both
Nine control system manufacturers and one software company have joined the National Institute of Standards and Technology in a cooperative research and
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, along with colleagues at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, have
Commercialization Academy Director for Venture Partners of the University of Colorado, Boulder, Ms. Sally Hatcher, who is my colleague and fellow Technology