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Displaying news from January 01, 2006 To December 31, 2006
108 Local Residents Earn Commerce Department, NIST Awards
Release Date: December 22, 2006 The U.S. Department of Commerce recently presented 37 local area staff members of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with Gold and Silver Medal … more
Participants Wanted for 2007 Text Retrieval Trials
Release Date: December 21, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking participants for its upcoming Text Retrieval Conference—TREC 2007. Since 1992, TREC has been fostering research to … more
Tool Helps Write Rules for XML Communication
Release Date: December 21, 2006 If you have done an Internet search, bought anything from a Web site or subscribed to a news alert service, chances are you used a special computer document language called XML. Similar to HTML, … more
2007 Baldrige Criteria for Excellence Now Available
Release Date: December 21, 2006 The Baldrige Performance Excellence Criteria are the basis for a Baldrige Award application, but in addition, thousands of organizations use them to assess their performance, guide improvements and … more
December 21, 2006
Release Date: December 21, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a revised version of Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems (NIST Special Publication 800-53). First … more
NIST Laser-Based Method Cleans Up Grubby Nanotubes
Release Date: December 21, 2006 Before and after electron microscope images of a pyroelectric detector coated with single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) visually demonstrate the effect of the laser cleaning process. In … more
New Targets May Hit Bull’s-Eye for Chip Makers
Release Date: December 7, 2006 The bull’s-eye solution to the semiconductor industry’s hunt for more exact means to measure the relative positions of ever-tinier devices squeezed by the millions onto silicon … more
Unusually Stable Glasses May Benefit Drugs, Coatings
Release Date: December 7, 2006 Just spray and chill. That sums up a new approach to making remarkably stable glassy materials from organic (carbon-containing) molecules that could lead to novel coatings and to improvements in … more
NIST Test Fans the Flames for High-Rise Fire Safety
Release Date: November 22, 2006 Members of a research team watch flames erupt from an abandoned Chicago apartment building during a Nov. 10 test of positive pressure ventilation in high-rise fires. Red truck (lower … more
Enhanced Air Quality Modeling Software Available
Release Date: November 22, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently announced that an enhanced version of its CONTAM indoor air quality modeling software is now available. CONTAM 2.4b is the latest … more
Decimals Score a Point on International Standards
Release Date: November 22, 2006 We're in the end game. It soon may be possible to write international standards documents with decimal points in them. The issue is more than academic—it can affect sales of U.S. … more
NIST Physicist Wins APS Keithley Award
Release Date: November 22, 2006 The American Physical Society (APS) has named National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicist Kent Irwin as the recipient of the society's 2007 Joseph F. Keithley Award For … more
December Workshop Focuses on Advancing Telemedicine
Release Date: November 22, 2006 Telemedicine, the electronic exchange of medical information, can have a tremendous impact on the accessibility, quality and cost of healthcare. But the continued advancement and application of … more
Three to Receive Presidential Award for Excellence
Release Date: November 21, 2006 WASHINGTON, D.C.—President George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced three organizations as recipients of the 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, … more
NIST Physicist Receives APS I.I. Rabi Prize
Release Date: November 9, 2006 The American Physical Society (APS) announced last week the selection of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physicist Jun Ye, to receive the 2007 I.I. Rabi Prize. Named for the … more
NIST Staff Honored in 2006 Presidential Rank Awards
Release Date: November 9, 2006 Five senior members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) staff have been honored in the 2006 Presidential Rank Awards. The awards recognize exceptional long-term … more
Steven Bellovin to Receive NIST/NSA Security Award
Release Date: November 9, 2006 Steven M. Bellovin, a pioneer researcher on network security, will be presented with the 2007 National Information Systems Security Award by the National Institute of Standards and Technology … more
'Tornadoes' Are Transferred From Light to Sodium Atoms
Release Date: November 9, 2006 For the first time, tornado-like rotational motions have been transferred from light to atoms in a controlled way at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The new quantum … more
2006 Machine Translation Evaluation Results Posted
Release Date: November 9, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted at www.nist.gov/speech/tests/mt the results of the NIST 2006 Machine Translation Evaluation (MT-06), part of an ongoing series … more
NIST Issues Info Security Primer for Managers
Release Date: November 9, 2006 Heads of federal agencies, chief information officers and any manager who needs a broad overview on information security practices will be interested in a new information security handbook recently … more
New Measurement Guide Worth ‘Poring Over’
Release Date: November 9, 2006 In industries from textiles to automobiles and from pharmaceuticals to semiconductors, accurately measuring empty spaces—technically speaking, porosity—is a substantial matter, … more
New Web-based System Leads to Better, More Timely Data
Release Date: October 26, 2006 After two years of work, an innovative project using Web-based technologies to speed researcher access to a large body of new scientific data has demonstrated that not only access to but also the … more
Vulnerability Database Hits 20,000 Software-Flaw Mark
Release Date: October 26, 2006 Established just a little over a year ago, the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) National Vulnerability Database (NVD) now contains information on 20,000 computer system … more
Turning a Nuclear Spotlight on Illegal Weapons Material
Release Date: October 26, 2006 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have demonstrated that they can cheaply, quickly and accurately identify even … more
O’Brian Named Director of NIST Boulder Laboratories
Release Date: October 26, 2006 Thomas R. O'Brian, chief of the Time and Frequency Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been appointed director of the NIST Boulder Laboratories. As NIST … more
NIST Physicists Boost 'Entanglement' of Atom Pairs
Release Date: October 18, 2006 The NIST process for "purifying" an unusual property of quantum physics called entanglement involves illuminating two pairs of beryllium ions (charged atoms) with a series of ultraviolet … more
NIST Issues Four-Pack of Computer Security Pubs
Release Date: October 12, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently issued four publications to provide computer security advice on issues ranging from securing Windows XP Home Edition® computers and … more
NIST Releases New Standard for Semiconductor Industry
Release Date: October 12, 2006 A wide range of optical electronic devices, from laser disk players to traffic lights, may be improved in the future thanks to a small piece of semiconductor, about the size of a button, coated … more
NIST Physicist Awarded Service to America Medal
Release Date: September 28, 2006 Dr. William D. Phillips, the first researcher from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to become a Nobel Laureate, has been awarded the 2006 Career Achievement Medal in the … more
Model Homes Offer National IAQ Impact Results
Release Date: September 28, 2006 Airborne contaminants in homes can range from allergic agents such as mold to potentially lethal threats such as carbon monoxide. Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology … more
Emergency Tests Focus on Lab Radioactivity Analyses
Release Date: September 28, 2006 Working under severe time pressure, government laboratories can analyze radioactive samples fairly quickly—in a matter of hours—but with variable accuracy, and sometimes relaxed … more
Firefighter Radios May Fail During High-Temp Fires
Release Date: September 28, 2006 Firefighters sometimes find themselves fighting blazes in temperatures as high as 500 degrees F (260 degrees C). Firefighter gear and self-contained breathing apparatus can allow firefighters to … more
Robot Wheelchair May Give Patients More Independence
Release Date: September 28, 2006 NIST research assistants demonstrate two functions of the prototype robotic HLPR chair (left) facilitating leg exercise and (right) lifting the patient to reach high shelves. View a … more
Fifteen Prepare for Baldrige Site Visits
Release Date: September 28, 2006 Starting Oct. 16, teams of business, education and health care experts will visit 13 organizations—one service company, three small businesses, three education organizations and six … more
New Standards Portal Focuses on U.S.-China Trade
Release Date: September 28, 2006 The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the Standardization Administration of China (SAC), have launched … more
Comments Sought on New IT Security Guides
Release Date: September 28, 2006 On Sept. 26, 2006, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released three draft information technology security publications for public comment: Special Publication (SP) 800-54, … more
ERCC to Begin Test Rounds for Final RNA Reference Set
Release Date: September 14, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the External RNA Controls Consortium (ERCC), has awarded a contract to Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. (CBI, … more
NIST Guide Details Forensic Practices for Data Analysis
Release Date: September 14, 2006 TV shows such as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" have popularized the role of forensic science in solving crimes. Now, computer security experts at the National Institute of Standards … more
Nanomanufacturing Meeting to Chart Research Needs
Release Date: September 14, 2006 Experts in manufacturing processes, measurement science and tools, and computational methods will meet Oct. 17-19, 2006, in Gaithersburg, Md., to set research goals and chart other next steps … more
Small, Low-noise Oscillator May Help in Surveillance
Release Date: September 14, 2006 A new design for a microwave oscillator that is smaller, simpler, and produces clearer signals at a single frequency than comparable devices has been invented at the National Institute of Standards … more
New Reference Materials Support Industrial Zeolites
Release Date: September 14, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued three new reference materials to support researchers studying the properties of commercially important … more
Joint Quantum Institute Created by University of Maryland, NIST and NSA
Release Date: September 11, 2006 COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Today, the University of Maryland (UM), the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the National Security Agency … more
NIST’s World Trade Center Investigation
Release Date: September 8, 2006 (9/8/2006, ARCHIVE, incorporated into 9/19/2011 update) What is NIST? The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the Commerce Department’s Technology … more
New Fact Sheet Addresses Questions on WTC Report
Release Date: August 31, 2006 When the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released the final report in October 2005 from its technical investigation of the fires and collapses of the World Trade Center (WTC) … more
October Summit to Focus on Healthcare Technology
Release Date: August 31, 2006 Americans are living longer than ever. As the senior population grows over the coming years, increasing the quality of healthcare while reducing costs will become even more of a priority than it is … more
Meeting to Examine Industry Impact of Chemical Controls
Release Date: August 31, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has co-organized with U.S. industry a workshop to address the increasing pressure on manufacturers from emerging chemical controls and … more
How-To Guide for Removing Data from Storage Media
Release Date: August 31, 2006 Before ditching or donating that used computer, CD or other data-storage media, sensitive or personal information should be properly "sanitized," according to a new guide from the … more
Workshops Address How to Avoid Progressive Collapse
Release Date: August 31, 2006 The 1995 bombing that triggered the collapse of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla., first raised concerns in the United States about the safety of public buildings from … more
Gold Nanoparticles Prove to Be Hot Stuff
Release Date: August 31, 2006 A gold nanobead, trapped with 205 milliwatts of infrared laser light, heats up to about 75 degrees C or 167 degrees F (shown in dark red) and the temperature in the surrounding area … more
Nano-Signals Get a Boost from Magnetic Spin Waves
Release Date: August 31, 2006 This simulation shows how two nano-oscillators, spaced 500 nanometers apart, synchronize their microwave signals by overlapping and merging their "spin waves," magnetic emissions … more
Putting Search and Rescue Robots Through Their Paces
Release Date: August 17, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate, is sponsoring a workshop and a … more
Draft Guidance on Improving Security of Home Computers
Release Date: August 17, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology is& looking for comments on new guidelines aimed at helping end-users, in& particular telecommuting federal employees, improve the … more
New Web Database Improves Access to Ionic Liquid Data
Release Date: August 17, 2006 Chemical engineers and others designing "green" industrial processes using new ionic liquid solvents now have an important new resource, an on-line database of physical properties … more
Structure of Key Enzyme in Plague Bacterium Found
Release Date: August 17, 2006 Ribbon rendering of the structure of AC-IV in Yersina pestis as determined at NIST. The enzyme is a dimer (two identical subunits around a vertical axis), and each of the two subunits … more
Two NIST Researchers Earn Presidential Honors
Release Date: August 3, 2006 The White House has announced that two researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are among the 56 recipients of the 2005 Presidential Early Career Awards for … more
Workshop Addresses Imaging Technology in Therapeutics
Release Date: August 3, 2006 Increasingly, medical and pharmaceutical researchers are looking to biomedical imaging as a tool to track disease progress, speed drug discovery and improve patient outcomes. The goal is to … more
NIST Makes Changes to Key Security Publication
Release Date: August 3, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting comments on a draft revision of Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems (NIST Special Publication … more
Links Between DNA Damage and Breast Cancer Studied
Release Date: August 3, 2006 Researchers from the Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have uncovered a pattern of DNA damage in connective tissues in the … more
New X-Ray Microbeam Answers 20-Year-Old Metals Question submicron xray beam
Release Date: August 3, 2006 Novel 3-D microbeam experiment enables direct proof of the Mughrabi model of metal stress. Submicron X-ray beam (broad arrow) penetrates a deformed copper single crystal and is diffracted … more
‘Micro-boxes’ of Water Used to Study Single Molecules
Release Date: July 20, 2006 Prodded by optical tweezers, two "hydrosomes" move together and fuse to mix their contents, in an experiment using water droplets as minuscule boxes for manipulating small numbers of … more
Add Nanotubes and Stir—With the Right Force
Release Date: July 20, 2006 NIST researchers have mapped the relationship between stirring force and nanotube arrangement, an advance key to the processing of new nanocomposite materials. Images show the evolution … more
Novel Nano-Etched Cavity Makes LEDs 7 Times Brighter
Release Date: July 20, 2006 & Etched nanostructured rings around an LED can make it more than seven times brighter. The novel technique developed at NIST may have applications in areas such as in biomedical imaging … more
Mercury Atomic Clock Sets Time-Keeping Record
Release Date: July 20, 2006 NIST physicist Jim Bergquist with the world's most accurate clock. The silver cylinder in the foreground is a magnetically shielded cryogenic vacuum system, which holds the heart of … more
NIST Director Testifies on Voting Machine Standards
Release Date: July 20, 2006 On July 19, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Director Bill Jeffrey testified before the House Committee on Science and the Committee on House Administration on "Voting … more
NIST Can Help You 'MBARK' onto Better Biometric Systems
Release Date: July 20, 2006 Once a tool primarily used by law enforcement to help identify criminals, biometric technologies increasingly are being used by government and the private sector to authenticate a person's … more
Road to AC Voltage Standard Leads to Important Junction
Release Date: July 20, 2006 After 10 years of research, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has unveiled the world's first precision instrument for directly measuring alternating current (AC) … more
Mercury Atomic Clock Keeps Time with Record Accuracy
Release Date: July 14, 2006 BOULDER, COLO.—An experimental atomic clock based on a single mercury atom is now at least five times more precise than the national standard clock based on a "fountain" of cesium atoms, … more
NIST, UM Program To Support Nanotech Development
Release Date: July 6, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland (UM) have joined in a $1.5 million cooperative program that will further NIST's efforts to develop … more
Rust Never Sleeps: New SRM Aids Coated Steel Industry
Release Date: July 6, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new reference material to aid quality control in the steel coatings industry. The new Standard Reference Material (SRM) … more
Researchers Peg Magnetism as Key Driver of High-Temperature Superconductivity
Release Date: July 6, 2006 GAITHERSBURG, Md.—When it comes to superconductivity, magnetic excitations may top good vibrations. Writing in the July 6, 2006, issue of Nature,* scientists working at the Commerce … more
Stress Management: X-Rays Reveal Si Thin-Film Defects
Release Date: July 6, 2006 X-ray topographs of three different strata of a strained-silicon wafer show close correspondence in defects from the base silicon layer (top) through the final strained-silicon layer … more
NIST Grant to University of Maryland Steps Up the Agency’s Nanotechnology Efforts
Release Date: July 6, 2006 GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have joined in a $1.5 million cooperative … more
NIST RoboCrane® Cuts Aircraft Maintenance Costs
Release Date: July 6, 2006 & & & & & & & & & & & Click here for hi-res version. A worker in a protective cab on a NIST-developed revolutionary robotic platform strips … more
Magnetic Ties May Explain High-Temp Superconductors
Release Date: July 6, 2006 When it comes to superconductivity, magnetic excitations may top good vibrations. Scientists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) … more
Commerce's NIST Sending Experts to Examine Missouri Building Collapse
Release Date: June 27, 2006 GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it is immediately sending two structural engineers to Clinton, … more
NIST’s FISMA Team Receives AFFIRM Leadership Award
Release Date: June 22, 2006 The Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM) recently awarded a team of NIST employees the Leadership in Service to the Government IT Community award for its outstanding … more
Seventy-Six Apply for Nation’s Top Honor for Excellence
Release Date: June 22, 2006 Seventy-six organizations have sent the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) their applications for the 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's Presidential … more
Draft Guide Will Help Make WLANs More Secure
Release Date: June 22, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology is requesting comments on a new draft guide that is intended to help organizations make wireless local area networks (WLAN) more secure. The draft … more
Noise Measurement May Boost Cell Phone Performance
Release Date: June 22, 2006 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and industry collaborators have developed improved methods for accurately measuring very faint thermal … more
Improved Rating for Residential Fuel Cells
Release Date: June 22, 2006 A new performance rating system for residential fuel cells developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can help prospective buyers assess the economic value of … more
Seventy-Six Apply for Nation’s Top Honor for Excellence
Release Date: June 22, 2006 Seventy-six organizations have sent the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) their applications for the 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s … more
U.S., Singapore Act to Simplify Telecom Trade
Release Date: June 22, 2006 On June 2, new, streamlined regulatory approval procedures came into effect in the United States and Singapore, allowing U.S. makers of telecommunication equipment to certify their products at home … more
Soft Materials Buckle Up for Measurement
Release Date: June 22, 2006 NIST researchers developed a new high-speed method for measuring the stiffness of soft-polymer materials like those used in contact lenses. The test material is covered with a sensor film, … more
Rooftop PV Data for Better Energy Prediction Models
Release Date: June 22, 2006 & NIST’s new Roof Photovoltaic Test Facility duplicates real-life conditions to monitor photovoltaic (PV) systems blended into concrete tile, slate and asphalt shingle roofs. … more
NIST Reports Stricter Adherence to Standards and Codes, Recognition of Storm Surge as Keys to Minimizing Structural Damage from Hurricanes
Release Date: June 9, 2006 Performance of Physical Structures in Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita: A Reconnaissance Report (NIST Technical Note 1476) (7 mb .pdf file, requires Acrobat Reader) Q&As on the NIST … more
Designer Gradients Speed Surface Science Experiments
Release Date: June 8, 2006 Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an elegantly simple technique for synthesizing a wide variety of complex surfaces that vary in a … more
Three NIST Scientists Receive Flemming Awards
Release Date: June 8, 2006 Three scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be among 11 federal employees to receive the Arthur S. Flemming Awards at an awards ceremony June 13 at The … more
Circuit Board Materials May Like It Hot (or Not)
Release Date: June 8, 2006 Electrical circuits may act differently in Arizona than they do in Alaska—potentially affecting the performance of computers and other electronics. A new technique identifies and … more
NIST Software Makes Fire Gear Choice Easier
Release Date: June 8, 2006 Firefighters know that protective "turnout gear" (pants and coats) can save their lives. Yet because there are several different attributes of protective performance, choosing the turnout … more
Alliance Donates Health IT Standards Directory to NIST
Release Date: June 8, 2006 The National Alliance for Health Information Technology is donating its directory of health information technology (IT) standards to help the National Institute of Standards and Technology expand … more
NIST Bullet Tests Make Frangibles More Tangible
Release Date: June 8, 2006 Strain waves traveling at 5,000 meters per second in the NIST Kolsky bar apparatus compress a test slice from a frangible bullet to measure the precise amount of stress needed to break it … more
Mass Spectrometry Methods Database Gets Major Update
Release Date: May 25, 2006 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently added 150 new methods—nicknamed "recipes"—to a database already containing 255 … more
Sample Baldrige Application Available for Non-profits
Release Date: May 25, 2006 Non-profit organizations considering applying for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in 2007 or using the Baldrige criteria for performance excellence may be interested in an application … more
Registration Open for Biometrics Conference
Release Date: May 25, 2006 Registration is now open for the Biometrics Consortium Conference 2006, one of the nation's largest conferences featuring the latest advances in research, development, testing, standardization … more
NIST Nobelists Testify on Science Policy
Release Date: May 25, 2006 Three Nobel Laureates from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), William Phillips (1997), Eric Cornell (2001), and John Hall (2005), testified on their physics research and … more
Neuronal Cell Cultures Kept on the Straight and Narrow
Release Date: May 25, 2006 An improved technique for culturing cells, developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), may enable new, fundamental insights into the behavior of neuronal … more
Gulf Coast MEP Centers to Help Manufacturers Recover
Release Date: May 25, 2006 This week the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded grants totaling $4.5 million to five organizations affiliated with NIST’s Hollings Manufacturing Extension … more
Still More Accurate After All These Years
Release Date: May 25, 2006 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed an improved method for measuring basic properties of complex fuel mixtures like gasoline or jet fuel. The new … more
July 'Summit' Aims for U.S. Success in Global Standards
Release Date: May 25, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a national Options for Action Summit to devise ways to strengthen U.S. efforts that help developing nations build their economies … more
Growing Glowing Nanowires to Light Up the Nanoworld
Release Date: May 25, 2006 & NIST "grows" semiconductor nanowires that emit ultraviolet light as part of a project to make prototype nano-lasers and other devices and the measurement tools needed to characterize … more
NIST Provides Funding to Help Small Manufacturers in Hurricane Devastated Regions of the Gulf Coast
Release Date: May 23, 2006 ORLANDO, Fla.--The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced grants totaling $4.5 million to five organizations affiliated with … more
Precision Biochemistry Tracks DNA Damage in Fish
Release Date: May 12, 2006 Like coal-mine canaries, fish DNA can serve as a measure of the biological impact of water and sediment pollution—or pollution clean-up. That’s one of the conclusions of a new … more
2005 Baldrige Award Winners Applications Available
Release Date: May 12, 2006 Recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award are respected and widely emulated because of their innovative management practices and exceptional results. To learn more about the six … more
Wearable Sensors to Improve Soldier Post-Action Reports
Release Date: May 12, 2006 Future combat gear may feature wearable sensors, including cameras and audio pick-ups, to enhance the soldier's "situational awareness" and after-action reports as a result of the ASSIST … more
Furlani Named Director of NIST’s IT Lab
Release Date: May 12, 2006 Cita M. Furlani has been named director of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Furlani brings a broad range of management and … more
Low-Cost Microfluidics Can Be a Sticky Problem
Release Date: May 12, 2006 A deceptively simple approach to bonding thermoplastic microchannel plates together with solvent could be used for low-cost, high-volume production of disposable "lab-on-a-chip" devices, … more
NIST and NCI to Collaborate On Proteomics Assessment
Release Date: May 12, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the National Institutes of Health have begun a program to develop measurement assessment … more
Laser Trapping of Erbium May Lead to Novel Devices
Release Date: April 28, 2006 Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used lasers to cool and trap erbium atoms, a “rare earth” heavy metal with unusual optical, … more
Code for ‘Unbreakable’ Quantum Encryption Generated at Record Speed over Fiber
Release Date: April 18, 2006 Gaithersburg, Md.—Raw code for “unbreakable” encryption, based on the principles of quantum physics, has been generated at record speed over optical fiber at the … more
Progressive-Disportionate Collapse Provisions
Release Date: April 14, 2006 The United Kingdom has a progressive collapse standard Standards to avoid progressive collapse Large panel Construction since 1968. The standard lists two methods for mitigating progressive … more
Urban Search and Rescue Robots Nationwide Deploy for Evaluation Exercise at Disaster City
Release Date: March 31, 2006 Ground, aerial and aquatic emergency response robots from across the country will face realistic urban search and rescue challenges April 4-6 at Disaster City near the Texas A&M University … more
Commerce Secretary Gutierrez Announces New Nanotechnology Center; Focus Is on Building Infrastructure for Nanomanufacturing
Release Date: March 20, 2006 DETROIT—U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez today in Detroit announced the launch of a state-of-the-art center for collaborative nanotechnology research at Commerce’s … more
Algorithm Advance Produces Quantum Calculation Record
Release Date: March 16, 2006 Two theoreticians from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Indiana University (IU) have published the most accurate values yet for fundamental atomic properties of a … more
Record-breaking Detector May Aid Nuclear Inspections (Tech Beat)
Release Date: March 16, 2006 Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed and demonstrated the world’s most accurate gamma ray detector, which eventually is expected to be … more
"Frequency Comb" Spectroscopy Proves to be Powerful Chemical Analysis Tool
Release Date: March 16, 2006 Boulder, Colo. -- Physicists at JILA have designed and demonstrated a highly sensitive new tool for real-time analysis of the quantity, structure, and dynamics of a variety of atoms and molecules … more
Record-breaking Detector May Aid Nuclear Inspections
Release Date: March 14, 2006 Boulder, Colo.—Scientists at the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have designed and demonstrated the world’s most accurate … more
New Security Standard Is Key to Helping Federal Agencies Protect Information Systems
Release Date: March 14, 2006 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez today announced a new standard to help federal agencies improve their information technology security and comply with the Federal … more
Telecom Meeting to Focus on Emerging Networks
Release Date: February 16, 2006 Technology in today’s fast-moving telecommunications industry is all about convergence. The “next big thing” are the so-called Next Generation Networks (NGN). The idea … more
Kayser Is New Head of NIST Materials Lab
Release Date: February 16, 2006 Richard Kayser, a chemist with diverse technical and managerial experience, has been named director of the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory (MSEL) at the National Institute of Standards … more
Kilmer Named Director of NIST’s MEP Program
Release Date: February 16, 2006 Roger D. Kilmer has been appointed director of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Since 1993, Kilmer has … more
Boettinger Elected to Engineering Academy
Release Date: February 16, 2006 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) metallurgist William J. Boettinger has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), an honor recognizing research accomplishments … more
Helping Small Manufacturers Do Business with Government
Release Date: February 16, 2006 A new Memorandum of Understanding aimed at helping small manufacturers better understand how to do business with federal, state and local governments was signed on Feb. 13, 2006, by Roger Kilmer, … more
Site Tracks Implementation of Trade Center Suggestions
Release Date: February 16, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has implemented a Web-based system (http://www.nist.gov/el/disasterstudies/wtc/wtc_recommendations.cfm) so that the public can track the … more
Commerce Department’s NIST to Focus on Research Initiatives for President’s Innovation Agenda
Release Date: February 6, 2006 Budget table GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is slated for $535 million for its laboratory research and … more
Fire Panel Changes Offer Real-Time Fire Status Data
Release Date: February 2, 2006 Fire panels, or “annunciators,” are electronic devices that display data on building conditions in one easily accessible location. When used by first responders during … more
NIST Issues Final Federal Biometric Specs
Release Date: February 2, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) yesterday issued the final publication describing how biometrics should be stored on Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards. These … more
Helping Small Firms Run Large Supply Chains
Release Date: January 17, 2006 Big manufacturing jobs, especially those in the defense industry that involve management of extensive supply chains, often require resources and expertise that many believe are beyond the capacity … more
Simulation Program Predicts Resistivity in Nanodevices
Release Date: January 17, 2006 As nanoscale circuits continue to shrink, electrical resistivity increases in the wiring and limits the maximum circuit speed. A new simulation program developed by researchers at the National … more
NIST Names Hockert Chief of Weights and Measures
Release Date: January 17, 2006 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced Jan. 10 that Carol Hockert has been selected as the new chief of the NIST Weights and Measures Division. The division promotes … more
NIST Summer Research Jobs, Applications Due Feb. 15
Release Date: January 17, 2006 This summer the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will again provide about 125 full-time undergraduate research fellowships for college students majoring in physics, chemistry, … more
Updated Federal Guide on Cryptography Available
Release Date: January 17, 2006 In an increasingly open environment of interconnected computer systems and networks, security is essential to ensure that information remains confidential, is not modified or destroyed and is … more
Draft SOW for Structural Analysis of WTC 7
Release Date: January 4, 2006 NIST is interested in receiving technical comments about the scope of work and technical approach for The draft statement of work for structural analysis of WTC 7. Background This solicitation … more |
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