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Mixing Modern Materials? NIST Math App Helps You Manage Your Mashup

December 22, 2015

Imagine you're baking a special cake, one in which the shape of each mote of spice mixed into the batter can have a profound effect on your dessert's color, its

'Squeezed' Motion in a Massive Object

December 22, 2015

Everyone expects objects at the atomic scale to follow the weird rules of quantum mechanics. But in the past few years, scientists at NIST and elsewhere have

NIST Adds to Quantum Computing Toolkit with Mixed-Atom Logic Operations

December 16, 2015

BOULDER, Colo.–Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have added to their collection of ingredients for future quantum

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NFL, Under Armour, GE & National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Announce Five Winners of Head Health Challenge III

December 15, 2015

NEW YORK – The National Football League (NFL), Under Armour (NYSE:UA), GE (NYSE: GE), and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and

NIST Boulder Lab Building Renamed for Katharine Blodgett Gebbie

December 15, 2015

BOULDER, Colo.—Two landmarks merged on Dec. 10, 2015, when the most advanced laboratory building at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

National Institute of Standards and Technology Presents 2015 Awards to Outstanding Employees

December 14, 2015

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recognized current and former employees for their research, administrative and

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The Once and Future Cryogenic Flow Facility

December 14, 2015

As recently as a few months ago, somebody who needed an internationally recognized calibration for a flow meter that operates with very low-temperature fluids

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NIST Seeks Comments on Cybersecurity Framework Use, Potential Updates and Future Management

December 10, 2015

*Feb. 9, 2016, update: The deadline for this RFI has been extended to Feb. 23, 2016. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking

Harris Named to NCST Advisory Committee; NIST Seeks Additional Members

December 8, 2015

James R. Harris, president, J.R. Harris and Co. (Denver, Colo.), has been appointed by Willie E. May, under secretary of commerce for standards and technology

Seeing Into Cells More Clearly

December 7, 2015

NIST scientists, with collaborators at the University of Michigan, have designed and demonstrated a new and easily tunable, high-contrast scattering agent for

First Code Improvements Adopted Based on NIST Joplin Tornado Study

December 7, 2015

Protecting schools and their associated high-occupancy buildings from the most violent tornadoes is the goal of the first approved building code changes based

NIST and CHORUS Launch Pilot Project to Support NIST's Public Access Plan

December 3, 2015

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and CHORUS, a nonprofit organization that advances public

Measuring Nanoscale Features with Fractions of Light

December 2, 2015

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers are seeing the light, but in an altogether different way. And how they are doing it just might

Robot Adds New Twist to NIST Antenna Measurements and Calibrations

November 30, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been pioneering antenna measurement methods for decades, but a new robot may be the ultimate

Small Business Have a Role in Community Resilience

November 24, 2015

Guest blog post by Stephen A. Cauffman, Manager, NIST Community Resilience Program Keep the doors open, equipment running and orders coming in. That's what

NIST Seeks Comments on New Project Aimed at Ensuring Data Integrity

November 24, 2015

Businesses face a near-constant threat of destructive malware, ransomware and malicious insider activities that can alter or destroy critical data. Even honest

Measuring Smokestack Emissions Accurately

November 23, 2015

Society is increasingly concerned about exactly how much carbon dioxide and other pollutants are coming out of smokestacks. But current measurements are clouded

On the Road to a Neutron Microscope: First Light for World-Class Neutron Imaging Facility

November 20, 2015

Neutrons, the charge-less constituents of atomic nuclei, are nifty imagers. Since the 1950s, scientists have been using these particles' eerie ability to non

NIST Process Expands Catalyst Options for Electrolysis and Fuel Cells

November 19, 2015

Remember that pair of gold electroplated earrings you bought years ago at the mall? (Oh yes, you do.) Key to crafting their allure was the ability to place an

NIST and Maryland TEDCO Partner to Encourage Entrepreneurship

November 18, 2015

GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Maryland Technology Development Corporation

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Announces Four Recipients of 2015 Baldrige Award

November 17, 2015

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker today named four U.S. organizations as the 2015 recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality

NIST Takes (Some of) the Stress Out of Engineering New Materials

November 13, 2015

Stress: What does it feel like to you? Maybe like pressure from multiple directions, trying to push and pull and twist you all at once? If so, you've described

NIST Releases Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer Report for Fiscal Year 2013

November 13, 2015

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Federal Laboratory Technology Transfer, Fiscal Year 2013, Summary Report to the

Four Agencies Join with NIST to Co-Sponsor New Community Resilience Panel

November 13, 2015

Four federal agencies have joined with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to sponsor a new independent panel devoted to reducing barriers

New Funding Awarded to Support Wisconsin Manufacturers

November 13, 2015

As part of a multiyear effort to make the most of its federal investment in U.S. manufacturing, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has

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