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New SRM Allows Accurate Accounting of Forensic DNA

October 25, 2007

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

Elevators Seen as Playing Hi-Rise Fire Evacuation Role

October 25, 2007

"In case of fire use the stairs, not the elevator"—appears on signs posted in elevator lobbies throughout the United States. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001

Researchers John Roberts and Oliver Slattery using the tactile graphic display device

NIST Licenses Systems to Help the Blind 'See' Images

October 25, 2007

A recently completed licensing agreement for two novel National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) technologies may help bring affordable graphic

NIST Demos Industrial-Grade Nanowire Device Fabrication

October 25, 2007

In the growing catalog of nanoscale technologies, nanowires—tiny rows of conductor or semiconductor atoms—have attracted a great deal of interest for their

NIST Official Testifies on Fire Research Program

October 11, 2007

On Oct. 2, 2007, S. Shyam Sunder, director of the Building and Fire Research Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), testified

How to Protect Your Web Server from Attacks

October 11, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new publication that provides detailed tips on how to make web servers more resistant

Biopharmaceutical Infrastructure Key to Lower Drug Development Costs

October 11, 2007

Improvements to the technology infrastructure for researching and developing new biopharmaceuticals would be expected to save the industry hundreds of millions

Home Sprinklers Score 'A' in NIST Cost-Benefit Study

October 11, 2007

Sometimes life-saving technologies seem beyond the reach of the average person. If you put residential fire sprinklers in that category, think again. National

Larger schematic showing a tiny human figure indicates the scale of the ITER toroid.

NIST Light Source Illuminates Fusion Power Diagnostics

October 11, 2007

Using a device that can turn a tiny piece of laboratory space into an ion cloud as hot as those found in a nuclear fusion reactor, physicists at the National

illustration of NIST's modified field-effect transistor

New Quantum Dot Transistor Counts Individual Photons

October 11, 2007

A transistor containing quantum dots that can count individual photons (the smallest particles of light) has been designed and demonstrated at the National

NIST Helps Plan Measurement Standards for the Hydrogen Economy

September 27, 2007

How do you conveniently measure something that not only is 14 times lighter than air but also invisible? That's just one of the tasks National Institute of

Spectroscopic image showing the microwave-frequency magnetic resonances of an array of parallel, metallic thin film nanowires ("stripes")

Measurements from the Edge: Magnetic Properties of Thin Films

September 27, 2007

Materials researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), together with colleagues from IBM and the Massachusetts Institute of

NIST's high-speed fiber quantum key distribution (QKD) system

High-Speed Quantum Key System Wins Research Award

September 27, 2007

A high-speed quantum cryptography system that allows "Alice" and "Bob" to discuss things in absolute secrecy earned a 2007 R&D 100 Award for a team of

'Dead Time' Limits Quantum Cryptography Speeds

September 27, 2007

Quantum cryptography is potentially the most secure method of sending encrypted information, but does it have a speed limit? According to a new paper by

NIST Announces 56 New Awards For Innovative Technology R&D

September 27, 2007

The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced 56 new awards for innovative industrial research and development

Artist's rendition of the NIST superconducting quantum computing cable.

Digital Cable Goes Quantum: NIST Debuts Superconducting Quantum Computing Cable

September 26, 2007

BOULDER, Colo.— Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have transferred information between two "artificial atoms" by way of

JILA Finds Flaw in Model Describing DNA Elasticity

September 13, 2007

DNA, the biomolecule that provides the blueprint for life, has a lesser-known identity as a stretchy polymer. JILA scientists have found a flaw in the most

Tech Transfer Event to Showcase NIST Microfluidics Technologies

September 13, 2007

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the MIT Enterprise Forum™ and TEDCO, will host a technology transfer workshop on

Voting Standards Guidance Sent to Election Commission

September 13, 2007

Recommendations for a new set of requirements intended to make future voting systems more "secure, reliable, and easier for all voters to use" have been

"Guide to Secure Web Services" Provides Blueprint to Safer Web 2.0

September 13, 2007

Many Web-based services, from shopping to online word processing, allow computer programs to talk to each other and exchange user data across several Web sites

$Optical profilometer image of the broken surface of a glass rod shows height of peaks and valleys of the fracture surface in millionths of a meter.$

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New SRM Allows Accurate Accounting of Forensic DNA

Elevators Seen as Playing Hi-Rise Fire Evacuation Role

NIST Licenses Systems to Help the Blind 'See' Images

NIST Demos Industrial-Grade Nanowire Device Fabrication

NIST Official Testifies on Fire Research Program

How to Protect Your Web Server from Attacks

Biopharmaceutical Infrastructure Key to Lower Drug Development Costs

Home Sprinklers Score 'A' in NIST Cost-Benefit Study

NIST Light Source Illuminates Fusion Power Diagnostics

New Quantum Dot Transistor Counts Individual Photons

NIST Helps Plan Measurement Standards for the Hydrogen Economy

Measurements from the Edge: Magnetic Properties of Thin Films

High-Speed Quantum Key System Wins Research Award

'Dead Time' Limits Quantum Cryptography Speeds

NIST Announces 56 New Awards For Innovative Technology R&D

Digital Cable Goes Quantum: NIST Debuts Superconducting Quantum Computing Cable

JILA Finds Flaw in Model Describing DNA Elasticity

Tech Transfer Event to Showcase NIST Microfluidics Technologies

Voting Standards Guidance Sent to Election Commission

"Guide to Secure Web Services" Provides Blueprint to Safer Web 2.0

New Guide Available for Fractography of Ceramics and Glasses

NIST Team Develops Novel Method for Nanostructured Polymer Thin Films

'Radio Wave Cooling' Offers New Twist on Laser Cooling

NIST, SRC-NRI Enter Partnership to Drive Search for Next-Generation Computer Technology

NIST Firebrand Device Could Save U.S. and Japanese Homes

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