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FERC Conference to Advance Smart Grid Interoperability Standards
Release Date: December 27, 2010 On December 21, 2010, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced it will hold a technical conference* on Smart Grid Interoperability Standards. The purpose of the technical … more
Vice President Biden and Commerce Secretary Locke Present Baldrige Award to Five Organizations
Release Date: December 17, 2010 On December 16, 2010, Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Gary Locke presented five U.S. organizations with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's … more
NIST Announces $22 Million in Funding for Advanced Manufacturing Research in Electronics, Biotechnology and Nanotechnology
Release Date: December 15, 2010 The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a total of more than $22 million in funding for nine research projects targeting innovative … more
Chromium Ions Focused to the Nanoscale
Release Date: December 15, 2010 Using the NIST-invented magneto-optical trap ion source (MOTIS), CNST researchers recently took a significant step toward the goal of creating a more versatile ion source for use in focused ion … more
Watch the Baldrige Award Ceremony Live
Release Date: December 13, 2010 A live broadcast of the presentation of the Baldrige Award Ceremony will be available on Thursday, December 16 at 3:00 pm at http://www.ebmcdn.net/nist/flash/nist-player/baldrige/index.html. Vice … more
NIST’s New Scanning Probe Microscope is Supercool
Release Date: December 8, 2010 The discoveries of superconductivity, the quantum Hall effect and the fractional quantum Hall effect were all the result of measurements made at increasingly lower temperatures. Now, pushing the … more
NIST Partners with ONC and AHRQ to Deliver Guidance on Electronic Health Record Usability
Release Date: December 8, 2010 Two new publications from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are intended to help developers of software and computer systems for doctors' offices, clinics, and hospitals … more
Financial Services Sector Signs Cybersecurity Research Agreement with NIST, DHS
Release Date: December 8, 2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has joined in a new public-private partnership to spur cybersecurity innovation in the financial services sector. Through a memorandum of … more
NIST Team Awarded Millions of Supercomputing Hours, Aims for 'Concrete Results'
Release Date: December 8, 2010 This simulation depicts flow in a rheometer, as its rotating vane's blade begins to stir a suspension of particles. Colors represent the quadrant where the particles are initially … more
NVLAP Recognized by ENERGY STAR
Release Date: December 8, 2010 ENERGY STAR, a program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE) to promote energy efficiency, has recognized the National Institute of Standards and … more
New Round of NIST-ARRA Fellowships Announced
Release Date: December 8, 2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology's American Recovery and Reinvestment (NIST-ARRA) Act Measurement Science and Engineering Fellowship Program has announced its third round of … more
Fiery Video Shows Moisture is Main Ingredient for a Safe Christmas Tree
Release Date: December 8, 2010 Once ignited, a dry Fraser fir, one of the most popular Christmas tree choices, bursts into flames in less than 7 seconds, and it will be consumed by fire in slightly more than a minute. But if a … more
NIST Honors 139 for Achievements in 2010
Release Date: December 8, 2010 For accomplishments ranging from determining the causes of failures in ballistic-resistant body armor to innovations in technology transfer strategies to organization-wide improvements in safety, … more
Theorists Find Generalized Connection Between Spin Currents, Magnetic Torques, and Mechanical Torques
Release Date: December 8, 2010 Paul Haney and Mark Stiles of the CNST have developed a theory of current-induced torques that generalizes the relationship between spin transfer torques, total angular momentum current, and … more
First Set of Baldrige Criteria for 2011-2012 Now Online
Release Date: December 3, 2010 The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program has announced that the 2011-2012 Criteria for Performance Excellence for businesses and nonprofit organizations are now available for download. The … more
One-Hundred Thirty-Nine Employees Receive Department of Commerce Gold and Silver Medals, NIST Departmental Bronze Medals and Other Awards
Release Date: December 2, 2010 GAITHERSBURG, Md.--Employees of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were honored in ceremonies held Dec. 1, 2010, at NIST's Gaithersburg, Md., … more
Baldrige Needs the Best of the Best as Examiners
Release Date: November 30, 2010 Provide a valuable service to your country. If you're an expert from a business, education, healthcare or nonprofit organization, and possess knowledge and experience in leadership, strategic … more
Quartz Crystal Microbalances Enable New Microscale Analytic Technique
Release Date: November 24, 2010 A new chemical analysis technique developed by a research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) uses the shifting ultrasonic pitch of a small quartz crystal to test the … more
New Guidance for First Responders Collecting Suspected Biothreat Agents
Release Date: November 24, 2010 Suspicious packages and powders have triggered more than 30,000 responses by U.S. law enforcement agencies across the country since 2001. These events are expensive, time-consuming and potentially … more
Three NIST Scientists Earn Presidential Early Career Awards
Release Date: November 24, 2010 Three NIST researchers have been chosen to receive Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and … more
2010 Baldrige Award Winners Announced
Release Date: November 24, 2010 U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke yesterday named seven organizations as recipients of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest Presidential honor for … more
CNST Researchers Develop Novel Optics to Accelerate Ions
Release Date: November 24, 2010 CNST researchers Adam Steele, Brenton Knuffman, and Jabez McClelland, together with Jon Orloff of FEI Co., have invented an innovative way to extract and accelerate ions generated in a spatially … more
Seven U.S. Organizations Honored with the 2010 Baldrige National Quality Award
Release Date: November 23, 2010 Three Small Businesses Chosen for the First Time in a Single Year WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today named seven organizations as recipients of the 2010 Malcolm … more
Electron Orbits in Multilayer Graphene Have Unexpected Structure
Release Date: November 17, 2010 The world-leading graphene research team from the Georgia Institute of Technology and the CNST has taken yet another step toward elucidating the unique and often unexpected properties of this … more
Statistical Method Improves Single-Particle Tracking
Release Date: November 10, 2010 Andrew Berglund, a Project Leader in the CNST Nanofabrication Research Group, has developed an improved data analysis method for determining the diffusion coefficient of a single nanoparticle using … more
Updated NIST Software Uses Combination Testing to Catch Bugs Fast and Easy
Release Date: November 9, 2010 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have released an updated version of a computer system testing tool that can cut costs by more efficiently finding flaws. A … more
New NIST Dietary Supplement Reference Materials Could Be 'Berry' Useful
Release Date: November 9, 2010 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have developed new certified reference materials for measuring amounts of organic acids in dietary supplements formulated with … more
NIST Pings Key Material in Sonar, Closes Gap on Structural Mystery
Release Date: November 9, 2010 Using a neutron beam as a probe, researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have begun to reveal the crystal structure of a compound essential to technologies … more
AFM Positioning: Shining Light on a Needle in a Haystack
Release Date: November 9, 2010 The researchers characterize their new technique as a neat solution to the "needle in a haystack" problem of nanoscale microscopy, but it's more like the difference between finding … more
TIP Seeks Comments on Potential Funding Areas and Solicits Suggestions for Future Competitions
Release Date: November 9, 2010 In two Federal Register notices, the Technology Innovation Program (TIP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) asks for public comments on six NIST-prepared white papers … more
New NIST Publication Provides Security Guidance for WiMAX Technologies
Release Date: November 9, 2010 A new publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides technical guidance to government agencies and other organizations interested in mitigating risks with WiMAX … more
NIST Patent Roundup
Release Date: November 9, 2010 NIST researchers and their collaborators were awarded seven patents in the past year for a wide variety of technologies. Since Oct. 1, 2009, NIST has made a total of 30 invention disclosures and … more
NIST Seeks Comments on Study of Charleston Furniture Store Fire
Release Date: November 9, 2010 Major factors contributing to a rapid spread of fire at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, S.C., on June 18, 2007, included large open spaces with furniture providing high fuel loads, the inward … more
Opening Statement—News Media Briefing Technical Study of the Sofa Super Store Fire
Release Date: October 28, 2010 Nelson Bryner, Study Team Leader and Deputy Division Chief, Fire Research Division National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST News Release Charleston Sofa Super Store Fire Thank you, … more
NIST Study on Charleston Furniture Store Fire Calls for National Safety Improvements
Release Date: October 28, 2010 Volume I: NIST Technical Study of the Sofa Super Store Fire - South Carolina, June 18, 2007 Volume II: NIST Technical Study of the Sofa Super Store Fire - South Carolina, June 18, 2007 (Note: … more
New Data Access Policy
Release Date: October 27, 2010 In response to the NCNR user community's request to make it easier for users to access their neutron scattering data from outside of the facility, the NCNR is implementing the following data … more
NIST Ships First Programmable AC/DC 10-Volt Standard
Release Date: October 26, 2010 Extending its 26-year tradition of innovative quantum voltage standards, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have begun shipping a new 10-volt standard to users … more
NIST Microrobotics Challenge Seeks Miniature Medics and Maze Masters
Release Date: October 26, 2010 They’ve played soccer, run dashes and deftly inserted pegs into holes—all within a world that can fit inside a single grain of rice. Now, it’s time for … more
'Si' on the New SI: NIST Backs Proposal for a Revamped System of Measurement Units
Release Date: October 26, 2010 Taking the first steps of what would be a major historical advance in the science of measurement, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is participating in a worldwide effort to … more
NIST, Harvard Researchers Share 2010 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics
Release Date: October 26, 2010 NIST physical scientist Henri Lezec (above), along with Federico Capasso of Harvard, won the 2010 Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics. Henri Lezec is a project leader in NIST's … more
Department of Homeland Security Announces Final Standards for Private Sector Emergency Preparedness
Release Date: October 25, 2010 Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, announced on September 30 the opening of a public comment period on a private sector emergency readiness certification program … more
USA Science & Engineering Expo Winners
Release Date: October 25, 2010 Thank you to everyone who visited the NIST booth at the USA Science & Engineering Expo! We hope you enjoyed learning about measurement science and all of the amazing work our researchers … more
CNST's Joseph Stroscio Interviewed on NPR Science Friday
Release Date: October 20, 2010 Two Russian scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics this week for their work on graphene, a chicken-wire-like lattice of carbon atoms. Joseph Stroscio, of the National Institute of Standards and … more
NIST, NTIA Seek Collaborators for Emergency Communications Demo Network
Release Date: October 13, 2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) are seeking partners in the telecommunications industry to help … more
JILA Unveils Improved 'Molecular Fingerprinting' for Trace Gas Detection
Release Date: October 13, 2010 Scientists at JILA and collaborators have demonstrated an improved laser-based "molecular fingerprinting" technique that picks out traces of key hydrogen-containing and other molecules … more
NIST Sponsors Second Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop Nov. 4-5
Release Date: October 13, 2010 On November 4 and 5, 2010, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop II to give government and industry stakeholders opportunity to … more
New Look at Multitalented Protein Sheds Light on Mysteries of HIV
Release Date: October 13, 2010 New insights into the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection process, which leads to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), may now be possible through a research method recently … more
NIST’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership Awards $9.1 Million for Projects to Enhance U.S. Global Competitiveness
Release Date: October 13, 2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) HollingsManufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has awarded $9.1 million in cooperative agreements for 22 projects designed to enhance … more
NIST Releases 2009 Department of Commerce Technology Transfer Report
Release Date: October 13, 2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the 2009 Technology Transfer Report, an annual report summarizing the technology transfer activities and achievements of the … more
Faster CARS, Less Damage: NIST Chemical Microscopy Shows Potential for Cell Diagnostics
Release Date: October 13, 2010 A paper by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may breathe new life into the use of a powerful—but tricky—diagnostic technique for cell … more
NIST Mini-Sensor Traces Faint Magnetic Signature of Human Heartbeat
Release Date: October 13, 2010 Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the German national metrology institute have used NIST's miniature atom-based magnetic sensor to successfully … more
NIST Identifies Five "Foundational" Smart Grid Standards
Release Date: October 13, 2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has advised the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that it has identified five “foundational” sets of … more
This Little Light of Mine: Changing the Color of Single Photons Emitted by Quantum Dots
Release Date: October 13, 2010 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated* for the first time the conversion of near-infrared 1,300 nm wavelength single photons emitted from a true … more
NIST Awards $50 Million in Grants for the Construction of Five Science Facilities
Release Date: October 13, 2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a total of $50 million in grants to five institutions to support the construction of new scientific research facilities that … more
Popular Science Magazine Names Spielman One of Science’s ‘Brilliant Ten’
Release Date: October 13, 2010 The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Ian Spielman is highlighted in the November, 2010, issue of Popular Science, where the magazine’s editors have named him to … more
NIST Researcher Wins Presidential Award for Green Innovation
Release Date: October 13, 2010 NIST researcher Barbara Lippiatt (left) received the 2010 GreenGov Presidential Award for her work on a software tool that measures the environmental performance of building materials and … more
NIST's Arnold Receives Award for Smart Grid Leadership
Release Date: October 13, 2010 George Arnold of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been honored with a 2010 GridWeek Award for his work in advancing international Smart Grid cooperation and standards. … more
NIST Identifies Five
Release Date: October 7, 2010 The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has advised the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that it has identified five "foundational" … more
Baldrige Program Name Change Emphasizes Performance Excellence
Release Date: October 5, 2010 After 23 years as the "Baldrige National Quality Program," the nation's public-private partnership dedicated to performance excellence has decided to highlight that mission with a new … more
NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership Awards $9.1 Million for 22 Projects to Enhance U.S. Manufacturers’ Global Competitiveness
Release Date: October 5, 2010 GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) today announced $9.1 million in cooperative agreements for 22 … more |
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