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NIST Hosts Two International Materials Research Meetings in June

June 2, 2009

For the materials research community, all roads will lead to the Gaithersburg, Md., headquarters of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Memory with a Twist: NIST Develops a Flexible Memristor

June 2, 2009

Electronic memory chips may soon gain the ability to bend and twist as a result of work by engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST

NIST's LIDAR May Offer Peerless Precision in Remote Measurements

June 2, 2009

By combining the best of two different distance measurement approaches with a super-accurate technology called an optical frequency comb, researchers at the

NIST Announces $120 Million Available for Research Construction Grants

June 2, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the availability of approximately $120 million in competitive grants for the

NIST Processes to Help Build Next-Generation Nuclear Power Plants

June 2, 2009

Information exchange processes developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be at the center of the effort to design and build

NIST Delivers Updated Draft Standards for Electronic Voting Machines

June 2, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has delivered to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) a draft revision to the 2005 federal

NIST Seeks Proposals for $35 Million in Grants for Measurement Science

June 2, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced that it will award up to $35 million in grants and cooperative agreements for

NIST Delivers Updated Draft Standards for Electronic Voting Machines

June 1, 2009

GAITHERSBURG, Md. – The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today delivered to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC)

NIST Announces Competition for Research Construction Grants

May 27, 2009

GAITHERSBURG, Md. – The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the availability of approximately $120

NIST Study Finds a Decade of High-Payoff, High-Throughput Research

May 20, 2009

In its first decade of work, a research effort at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop novel and improved "combinatorial"

NIST Engineers Discover Fundamental Flaw in Transistor Noise Theory

May 20, 2009

Chip manufacturers beware: There's a newfound flaw in our understanding of transistor noise, a phenomenon affecting the electronic on-off switch that makes

First Labs Approved for Testing Communications Interoperability

May 20, 2009

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) recently announced that it has recognized the first eight

NIST Validation Program Tests Next-Generation Internet Products

May 20, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is establishing a testing program to assure that the U.S. government purchases new computers and

NIST Helping Improve Speed Measurements for Cars, Bullets

May 20, 2009

While today's law enforcement officers don't wear utility belts full of crimefighting gadgets like Batman, they do rely on a variety of state-of-the-art

NIST Defining the Expanding World of Cloud Computing

May 20, 2009

A working definition for cloud computing—a new computer technique with potential for achieving significant cost savings and information technology agility—has

Graphene Yields Secrets to Its Extraordinary Properties

May 20, 2009

Applying innovative measurement techniques, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Congress Approves NIST's Recovery Plan

May 20, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has received Congressional approval on its spending plan for the American Recovery and Reinvestment

Locke, Chu Announce Significant Steps in Smart Grid Development

May 20, 2009

On May 18, 2009, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced significant progress that will help expedite development of a

NIST Public Workshop Set to Advance Smart Grid Development

May 14, 2009

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a second major Smart Grid workshop, May 19-20, in

Congress Approves NIST's Recovery Plan to Create Jobs and Foster Innovation

May 8, 2009

GAITHERSBURG, Md. – The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has received Congressional approval on its recovery

NIST Physicists Win European and Optics Society Awards

May 5, 2009

Jun Ye, a NIST Fellow working at JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado at Boulder, has received the 2009 European Frequency and Time

NIST Researcher Dan Madrzykowski Named Fire Service Instructor of the Year

May 5, 2009

Daniel Madrzykowski of the National Institute of Standards and Technology was named George D. Post Instructor of the Year for 2009 by the International Society

New Nanotube Coating Enables Novel Laser Power Meter

May 5, 2009

The U.S. military can now calibrate high-power laser systems, such as those intended to defuse unexploded mines, more quickly and easily thanks to a novel

Vise Squad: Putting the Squeeze on a Crystal Leads to Novel Electronics

May 5, 2009

A clever materials science technique that uses a silicon crystal as a sort of nanoscale vise to squeeze another crystal into a more useful shape may launch a

NIST Issues First Reference Material for Tissue Engineering

May 5, 2009

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week issued its first reference materials to support the new and growing field of tissue

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