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NIST Status Update on World Trade Center 7 Investigation
Release Date: June 29, 2007 A team of scientists and engineers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is investigating the collapse of New York City's World Trade … more
Fans Clear High-Rise Stairwells of Smoke
Release Date: June 21, 2007 High pressure fans that direct air flow up the stairway of a burning high-rise building can increase the effectiveness of firefighters and the survivability of occupants by ridding the stairwell of … more
First Comprehensive Set of Model Code Changes Adopted Based on Recommendations from Commerce's NIST World Trade Center Investigation
Release Date: June 20, 2007 GAITHERSBURG, Md.-Safer buildings-especially tall structures-that are more resistant to fire and more easily evacuated in emergencies are the goal of the first comprehensive set of building code … more
Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Announces Selection of 2007-2008 Commerce Science and Technology Fellows
Release Date: June 14, 2007 WASHINGTON, DC —Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced that 16 individuals have been selected to participate in the Commerce Science and Technology Fellowship (ComSci) … more
New Quantum Key System Combines Speed, Distance
Release Date: June 8, 2007 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a prototype high-speed quantum key distribution (QKD) system, based on a new detector system that achieves … more
Silicon Nanowires Upgrade Data-Storage Technology
Release Date: June 8, 2007 Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), along with colleagues at George Mason University and Kwangwoon University in Korea, have fabricated a memory device that … more
Long-Distance Record: ‘Quantum Keys’ Sent 200 Kilometers
Release Date: June 1, 2007 Schematic represents cryogenic packaging system constructed at NIST for the single-photon detector used in a record-setting quantum key distribution experiment. Orange area represents a … more
New Fabrication Technique Yields Nanoscale UV LEDs
Release Date: May 24, 2007 [Top] Micrograph of a complete nanowire LED with the end contact. The long nanowire (A) is about 110 micrometers long, a shorter nanowire (B) crosses it. The bright circular section is … more
Fiftieth Anniversary of First Digital Image Marked
Release Date: May 24, 2007 [Top] The room-sized Standards Eastern Automatic more
DNA Sieve: Nanoscale Pores Can Be Tiny Analysis Labs
Release Date: May 10, 2007 Imagine being able to rapidly identify tiny biological molecules such as DNA and toxins using less than a drop of salt water in a system that can fit on a microchip. It’s closer than you … more
NIST Nanoscale Science and Technology Center Now Accepting Proposals
Release Date: May 1, 2007 CNST and its Nanofabrication Facility are housed in NIST’s new Advanced Measurement Laboratory, one of the most advanced research facilities in the world. Photo courtesy HDR … more
NIST Issues Guidelines for Ensuring RFID Security
Release Date: April 26, 2007 Gaithersburg, MD – Retailers, manufacturers, hospitals, federal agencies and other organizations planning to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to improve their … more
Placing Single Nanowires: NIST Makes the Connection
Release Date: April 26, 2007 (a) Schematic of NIST single nanowire manipulation system.(b) Scanning electron microscope image shows a single silicon nanowire positioned in an etched trench using NIST's nanowire … more
Commerce’s NIST and Montgomery County Public Schools Partner to Strengthen Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education
Release Date: April 19, 2007 Statement from Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski on the NIST-MCPS Agreement GAITHERSBURG, MD—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and … more |
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