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Experts on digital preservation are gathering at a workshop at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md., from March 29 to
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued today an initial list of standards, a preliminary cyber
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that John D. McDonald, general manager of
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 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new ruler, and even for an organization that routinely deals in superlatives, it sets
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
Chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have issued a new certified reference material--a standardized sample backed by NIST--for
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued three new certified reference materials for soil. Intended for use as controls in testing
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new calibration technique that will improve the reliability and
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
Responding to scientists' need to measure organic contaminants in human body fluids, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recently made
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week issued its first reference materials to support the new and growing field of tissue
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new certified reference material that can be an important quality assurance tool for
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
A new testing procedure just published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) represents the final step in a decade-long effort led by the
In a high-temperature blaze, how well does a fireproofing material shield a building's important steel structures from heat? Answering this question has been
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with national standards organizations, have taken the lead in developing
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for bitter orange, long used in folk medicine and
Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Army Dugway (Utah) Proving Ground have developed reliable methods based
A popular chemical database distributed in printed form for 65 years by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now available online. The
Enhancing trade between the United States and the nations of the European Union (EU) while helping ensure the safety and quality of goods sold in both markets
Representatives of standards making bodies, corporate officials and educators from around the world will meet Feb. 21-22, 2008, at the "Global Perspectives and
Thanks to the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), a method for making multiple copies of DNA fragments, even tiny bits of biological evidence (in the form of hair
The terrorist threat to the global transportation system, private-sector implementation of the preparedness provisions of the 9/11 Commission recommendations