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NIST, Columbia Engineering Collaborate on Inexpensive DNA Sequencing Method
Release Date: 10/02/2012 Rapid, accurate genetic sequencing soon may be within reach of every doctor's office if recent research from the National Institute of … more
Register For Forensics@NIST
Release Date: 09/19/2012 Online registration is now open for Forensics@NIST 2012, a three-day symposium on cutting-edge forensic science research being … more
Researchers Determine the Optimum Path for Tracking Fluorescent Nanoparticles Using a Laser
Release Date: 08/29/2012 NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology researchers Gregg Gallatin and Andrew Berglund (now at Quantifind in Palo Alto, CA) … more
Long-Predicted Fluctuations in Cell Membranes Observed for First Time
Release Date: 08/08/2012 A long-standing mystery in cell biology may be closer to a solution thanks to measurements taken at the National Institute of Standards and … more
Three NIST Researchers Earn Presidential Honor
Release Date: 07/25/2012 The White House has announced that three researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will receive the 2011 … more
Pollutants Could Pose Health Risks for Five Sea Turtle Species
Release Date: 06/27/2012 Researchers at the Hollings Marine Laboratory (HML) and four partner organizations have measured for the first time concentrations of 13 … more
JILA Frequency Comb Helps Evaluate Novel Biomedical Decontamination Method
Release Date: 06/14/2012 Like many new measurement tools, the laser frequency comb seemed at first a curiosity but has found more practical uses than originally imagined. … more
NIST Effort Could Improve High-Tech Medical Scanners
Release Date: 06/12/2012 A powerful color-based imaging technique is making the jump from remote sensing to the operating room—and a team of scientists* at the … more
Report Details Efforts to Improve, Advance Indoor Microbial Sampling
Release Date: 05/29/2012 Humans spend greater than 90 percent of their time indoors, but we're never alone there. Bacteria and viruses, scientists estimate, make up … more
June Conference Highlights Latest in Metabolomics
Release Date: 05/15/2012 Researchers, health care professionals, academics, industry representatives and others interested in the advanced diagnostic and disease treatment … more
Researchers Find Reducing Fishmeal Hinders Growth of Farmed Fish
Release Date: 05/02/2012 When it comes to the food used to raise fish in aquaculture "farms," it seems that you may get what you pay for. In a new study,* researchers from … more
Ultrasound Idea: Prototype NIST/CU Bioreactor Evaluates Engineered Tissue While Creating It
Release Date: 05/02/2012 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a prototype bioreactor—a device for culturing … more
NIST Mini-sensor Measures Magnetic Activity in Human Brain
Release Date: 04/19/2012 A miniature atom-based magnetic sensor developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed an important research … more
NIST/UMass Study Finds Evidence Nanoparticles May Increase Plant DNA Damage
Release Date: 04/17/2012 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) have provided the … more |
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