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MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA)
Release Date: September 26, 2002 I. INTRODUCTION The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) agree to enter into this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the 24th … more
Commerce Agencies Collaborate to Help Improve Competitiveness of Minority Businesses
Release Date: September 26, 2002 Two Commerce Department agencies, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), today announced at the National Minority Enterprise … more
Twenty-One Receive High Honors from Commerce Department for Work at NIST
Release Date: September 25, 2002 Commerce Secretary Don Evans has honored 21 local employees of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with Gold and Silver Medal Awards—the … more
Can Nanotubes Be Engineered to Superconduct? Study Suggests Promising New Avenues for Nanotube Research
Release Date: September 20, 2002 Superconducting nanotubes may lie on the technology horizon, suggests a theoretical study recently published by researchers from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and … more
NIST Issues Guidelines to Protect First Responders Exposed To Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear Agents
Release Date: September 19, 2002 A new report issued today by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the first comprehensive set of basic procedures for decontaminating protective … more
Recovered World Trade Center Steel
Release Date: September 17, 2002 The study of steel recovered from the site of the fallen World Trade Center towers and the WTC-7 building in New York City will be a critical component of the pending National Institute of … more
Researchers Say 'Frustrated Magnets' Hint at Broader Organizing Principle in Nature
Release Date: August 22, 2002 Chill! Atoms in zincochromite, a "geometrically frustrated magnet," resolve their frustration through group spin control. Neighboring tetraheda (solids with four triangular … more
Commerce's NIST Details Federal Investigation of World Trade Center Collapse
Release Date: August 21, 2002 More information on the investigation is available at http://wtc.nist.gov The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced details of its $16 … more
NIST Team Reports Method to Characterize New Insulating Materials for Microelectronics
Release Date: August 20, 2002 Researchers from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reported today they have developed methods for characterizing key structural features of porous … more
NIST to Officially Launch World Trade Center Investigation
Release Date: August 19, 2002 Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Engineering Mechanics Bldg. (Bldg. 202) National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md. The … more
Revisions to WTC Investigation Plan
Release Date: August 19, 2002 NIST requested and received public comments on the scope of its plan for the World Trade Center (WTC) Building and Fire Safety Investigation. Comments were received via mail, fax, e-mail, and the … more
Public/Private Advance Focuses the Search for New Materials to Print Next-Generation Microchips
Release Date: July 19, 2002 New methods reported today by researchers from the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and the University of Texas … more |
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