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With the launch of the 2013 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) application process, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is ready to help U
Two media lists of top science stories of 2012 highlight cosmology discoveries that relied on contributions from the National Institute of Standards and
On Friday, April 12, 2013, NIST will host a free, one-day workshop on interpreting forensic DNA mixtures in casework. Participants may attend this workshop
In the United States, about 80 million x-ray computed tomography (CT) scans are made every year – 7 million of them on children – according to the American
A group of researchers from PML's Sensor Science Division is part of a project that will have a direct effect on improved safety of the nation's drinking water
The online Atomic Spectra Database (ASD) provides the most authoritative information about atomic spectra available anywhere, and it is used by researchers
A research team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has confirmed long-standing suspicions among physicists that
Achieving a goal considered nearly impossible, JILA physicists have chilled a gas of molecules to very low temperatures by adapting the familiar process by
NIST scientists and engineers have been recognized as inventors in a variety of research areas, including the biosciences, building and fire research, materials
Kate A. Remley, an engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Two organizations with mutual interests in forensic science—the science of collecting and analyzing evidence to help solve crimes—have forged a partnership to
If you've ever had your house lights flicker alarmingly during a bad electrical storm but found that your prized home computing network survived just fine, you
A research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a relatively simple, fast and effective method of depositing uniform
Protecting sensitive electronic information in different situations requires different types of cryptographic algorithms, but ultimately they all depend on keys
Did you know there is a smart phone application for first responders to use in detecting bomb threats? Or that the first animals to return to the Mount St
Two scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Alex Liddle and Ian Spielman, have been elected Fellows of the American Physical
Scientists from a PML- Joint Quantum Institute (JQI)* group have devised and demonstrated a novel method** for making the most precise measurements to date of
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recognized current and former employees in an awards ceremony Dec. 5 at its
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—Two federal agencies have teamed to create the first-ever system for linking accurate assessments of risk from wildland fires to improved
The first public workshop devoted to reviewing and refining the suggested design for a new National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), an initiative
Two major new technologies come together for the Cloud Computing and Big Data Workshop, hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) at
For nearly a century, the instrument of choice for accurate temperature measurements in the range relevant to manufacturing and biomedical applications (–190 °C
Using an enhanced form of "chemical microscopy" developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), researchers there have shown that they
S. Shyam Sunder, director of the Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has agreed to serve on the New York State
JILA's new X-Wing addition has received two construction industry awards—best project in higher education/research and special judges' recognition—from the