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Obama Administration Announces $20 Million for 10 Public-Private Partnerships to Support American Manufacturing and Encourage Investment in the US
Release Date: October 9, 2012 Investments will promote job creation and economic growth in local industry clusters in AZ, CA, MI, NY, OK, OR, PA, TN and WA WASHINGTON — The Obama administration today announced that … more
Congratulations to David Wineland! 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics
Release Date: October 9, 2012 We are thrilled at the news that NIST's David Wineland has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Professor Serge Haroche of the Collège de France and Ecole Normale … more
NIST's David J. Wineland Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics
Release Date: October 9, 2012 David J. Wineland, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics. The honor is … more
NIST Revises Software Patch Management Guide for Automated Processes
Release Date: October 5, 2012 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published for public comment a revised draft of its guidance for managing computer patches to improve overall system security for large … more
Researchers Determine Critical Factors for Improving Performance of a Solar Fuel Catalyst
Release Date: October 3, 2012 False-color scanning electron micrographs of cross-sectioned hematite films grown by sputter deposition and then annealed at two different temperatures.& The physical structure and the … more
NIST, Columbia Engineering Collaborate on Inexpensive DNA Sequencing Method
Release Date: October 2, 2012 Rapid, accurate genetic sequencing soon may be within reach of every doctor's office if recent research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Columbia … more
NIST Selects Winner of Secure Hash Algorithm (SHA-3) Competition
Release Date: October 2, 2012 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced the winner of its five-year competition to select a new cryptographic hash algorithm, one of the fundamental tools of … more
Oct. 18 Colorado Workshop to Explore Plans For National Network for Manufacturing Innovation
Release Date: October 2, 2012 Boulder, Colo., will be the site of the fourth and final public workshop to gather input on the design of the proposed National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), on Oct. 18, 2012, at the … more
NIST Special Publications 1200: New Means of Disseminating Lab Procedures
Release Date: October 2, 2012 When scientists and engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) want to tell their peers about experimental methods they have “road-tested” for … more
November Symposium Focuses on Forensics at NIST
Release Date: October 2, 2012 The link between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and forensic science dates back to 1913 when the agency’s predecessor, the National Bureau of Standards, served … more
Third Annual NICE Workshop Adds a Virtual Cyber Threat Training and Competition Track
Release Date: October 2, 2012 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is offering a strong finale to National Cybersecurity Awareness month with its the third annual National Initiative for Cybersecurity … more
Three Experts Named to Earthquake Advisory Board
Release Date: October 2, 2012 Three earthquake authorities from academia and the private sector have been appointed by Patrick Gallagher, Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director of the National … more
New Way To Realize Pressure
Release Date: October 2, 2012 Glass-enclosed&cavity&for&prototype&pressure&device. In 1643, Evangelista Torricelli, in the course of solving a Tuscan plumbing problem, made the first barometer … more
Quantum Random Number Generator
Release Date: October 1, 2012 Schematic diagram of loophole-free Bell test, with time on the vertical axis and space on the horizontal axis. Two entangled photons are generated by a source. Each proceeds on a separate … more |
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