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Second Cybersecurity Infrastructure Framework Workshop Gathers May 29-31, 2013

April 25, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is holding the second of four planned workshops to develop a voluntary framework to reduce

NIST Announces Plan to Sponsor First Cybersecurity FFRDC

April 22, 2013

To help the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) address industry's needs most efficiently, the National Institute of Standards and Technology

In Natural Gas Pipelines, NIST Goes with the Flow

April 19, 2013

On an ordinary day, the United States consumes about 70 billion cubic feet of natural gas – enough to fill a space a mile long, a mile wide, and half a mile

Dehmer to Head NIST Physical Measurement Lab

April 19, 2013

Dr. Joseph L. Dehmer, a 40-year veteran of federal science research and administration, has been named Director of the Physical Measurement Laboratory (PML) of

NIST Tests in New York City Suggest How to Improve Emergency Radio Communications

April 17, 2013

Radio communications can be unreliable in underground tunnels and other large, complicated structures, posing a safety hazard for emergency responders. New

Super-Nanotubes: 'Remarkable' Spray-on Coating Combines Carbon Nanotubes with Ceramic

April 17, 2013

Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Kansas State University have demonstrated a spray-on mixture of carbon nanotubes

Prototype Generators Emit Much Less Carbon Monoxide, NIST Finds

April 17, 2013

Portable electric generators retrofitted with off-the-shelf hardware by the University of Alabama (UA) emitted significantly lower levels of carbon monoxide (CO

NIST to Launch New Center to Support Nebraska Manufacturers

April 17, 2013

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting proposals to establish a new Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) center

Industry Partners Join the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence

April 15, 2013

ROCKVILLE, Md. — In recognition of the critical need to protect private-sector intellectual property and other valuable business data from a growing number of

President's FY 2014 Budget Request for NIST Supports Research in Advanced Manufacturing, Cybersecurity

April 10, 2013

WASHINGTON — The President's fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget released today proposes $928.3 million for the Department of Commerce's National Institute of

Landmark High-Rise Fire Study Evaluates Effectiveness of Crew Sizes, Elevator Use

April 10, 2013

PHOENIX – When responding to fires in high-rise buildings, firefighting crews of five or six members—instead of three or four—are significantly faster in

NFI Publishes White Paper on Trends, Challenges and Strategy in Forensic Science

April 9, 2013

The role of forensic science throughout the world is changing due to recent technological development. Whereas forensic science has traditionally supported

Screenshot of President Obama Video at 25th Baldrige Ceremony

U.S. Presidents Convey Tributes at Baldrige 25th Anniversary and Award Ceremony

April 9, 2013

Current and former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton honored the performance excellence of Baldrige Award-winning organizations at the Baldrige

Commerce Deputy Secretary Blank Presents 2012 Baldrige Award to Four Organizations

April 8, 2013

On April 8, 2013, U.S. Commerce Department Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank presented four U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award

A Primary Voltage Standard for the Whole World

April 4, 2013

PML researchers are on the verge of reaching a long-sought major goal: Providing the world with a programmable quantum voltage standard that has an uncertainty

Seeing the Oceans in Their True Colors

April 3, 2013

Much of what is known about the state of the Earth's oceans, and how they change over time, comes from satellite monitoring of reflected and thermally emitted

Single Photon from a Quantum Emitter? It's a Matter of Timing...

April 3, 2013

Many systems envisioned for practical quantum information processing require the use of single, indistinguishable photons as carriers of information and logic

Don't Call It Vaporware: Scientists Use Cloud of Atoms as Optical Memory Device

April 3, 2013

Talk about storing data in the cloud. Scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the

Experts Propose Research Priorities for Making Concrete 'Greener'

April 3, 2013

The challenge of making concrete greener—reducing its sizable carbon footprint without compromising performance—is just like the world's most ubiquitous

NIST Boulder researcher Johannes (Hannes) Hubmayr

NIST Goes to the End of the Earth for Measurement Science

April 3, 2013

NIST Boulder researcher Johannes (Hannes) Hubmayr recently spent several weeks at the South Pole Telescope, where he optimized the performance of a NIST camera

NIST Guides Seek Interoperability for Automated Fingerprint ID Systems

March 20, 2013

A new set of publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could make it easier, faster, and most importantly, more reliable, for

NIST Advisory Committee Issues 2012 Annual Report

March 20, 2013

The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has sent its 2012 annual report to Congress

NIST Tests Underscore Potential Hazards of Green Laser Pointers

March 20, 2013

Using a low-cost apparatus designed to quickly and accurately measure the properties of handheld laser devices, National Institute of Standards and Technology

New NIST Microscope Measures Nanomagnet Property Vital to 'Spintronics'

March 14, 2013

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new microscope able to view and measure an important but elusive

NIST Mechanical Micro-Drum Used as Quantum Memory

March 13, 2013

One of the oldest forms of computer memory is back again—but in a 21st century microscopic device designed by physicists at the National Institute of Standards

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