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 engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
Seven organizations have been selected to receive the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improvement and visionary leadership. This marks the first year that three small businesses have been selected at one time and only the second instance in the Award's 23-year history that a total of seven organizations are being honored.
A new chemical analysis technique developed by a research group at NIST uses the shifting ultrasonic pitch of a small quartz crystal to test the purity of only a few micrograms of material.
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 rush of air following the breaking of windows, and a lack of sprinklers, according to a draft report released October 28, 2010, for public comment by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
A group from JILA—a joint venture of NIST and the University of Colorado—finds tiny assemblies of biomolecules for subsequent detailed imaging by combining precision laser optics with atomic force microscopy.
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 ranging from sonar to computer memory.
NIST researchers have developed new certified reference materials for measuring amounts of organic acids in dietary supplements formulated with Vaccinium berries—cranberries, blueberries and bilberries. Manufacturers and researchers can use this new suite of standard reference materials (SRMs) as quality assurance tools.
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.
George Arnold of NIST has been honored with a 2010 GridWeek Award for his work in advancing international Smart Grid cooperation and standards.
Barbara Lippiatt, a NIST researcher, is one of eight winners of the 2010 GreenGov Presidential Awards given to workers or teams across the federal government.
NIST's Ian Spielman is highlighted in the November issue of Popular Science, where the magazine's editors have named him to their annual 'Brilliant Ten' list.
NIST has awarded a total of $50 million in grants to five institutions to support the construction of new scientific research facilities that will explore topics ranging from nanometer-scale electronics and green buildings to microbe ecosystems in the oceans.
NIST has advised the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that it has identified five 'foundational' sets of standards for Smart Grid interoperability and cyber security that are ready for consideration by federal and state energy regulators.
NIST has released the 2009 technology transfer report, an annual report summarizing the technology transfer activities and achievements of the U.S. Department of Commerce's scientific research agencies.
On November 4 and 5, NIST will host the Cloud Computing Forum and Workshop II to give government and industry stakeholders opportunity to comment on the next steps in developing cloud computing standards.
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 name, the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program.
The NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership has awarded $9.1 million in cooperative agreements for 22 projects designed to enhance the productivity, technological performance and global competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers.
Researchers at NIST have demonstrated for the first time the conversion of single photons produced by a true quantum source to a near-visible wavelength. The ability to change the color of single photons may aid in the development of hybrid quantum systems for applications in quantum communication, computation and metrology.
Researchers from NIST and the German national metrology institute have used NIST's miniature atom-based magnetic sensor to successfully track a human heartbeat, confirming the device's potential for biomedical applications.
A paper by NIST researchers may breathe new life into the use of a powerful--but tricky--diagnostic technique for cell biology.
New insights into the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection process may now be possible through a research method recently developed in part at NIST.
Scientists at JILA have demonstrated an improved laser-based "molecular fingerprinting" technique that picks out traces of key molecules from a billion other particles in a gas in just 30 seconds or less.
NIST provides $50 million in construction grants for scientific research facilities that will explore everything from nanometer-scale electronics and “green” buildings to microbe ecosystems in the oceans. The facilities will be built in California, Maine, Michigan, Nevada and New York.
Uma Chowdhry of DuPont has been selected to serve on the Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), NIST's primary private-sector policy advisory group.
NIST has named 15 leaders from a cross section of U.S. industry, academia and trade and professional organizations to serve on its newly formed Smart Grid Advisory Committee, which convenes its first meeting on Sept. 29, 2010.
Every day is a metric day at NIST. But that won't stop the agency from celebrating Metric Week, held annually the week of Oct. 10-the tenth day of the tenth month.
Researchers from NIST and the International Association of Fire Fighters have prepared an educational resource to summarize and explain the key results of a landmark study on the effect of the size of firefighting crews on the ability of the fire service to protect lives and property in residential fires.
Scientists have long known that time passes faster at higher elevations, an effect of relativity that has been measured by comparing clocks on the Earth's surface and a high-flying rocket. Now, physicists at NIST have measured this effect at a more down-to-earth scale of about 1 foot, demonstrating for instance that you age faster when you stand a couple of steps higher on a staircase.
While refining their novel method for making nanoscale wires, chemists at NIST discovered an unexpected bonus -- a new way to create nanowires that produce light similar to that from light-emitting diodes.
An unusual new industrial testing product from NIST -- a cigarette deliberately designed to burn stronger than others -- will be used by manufacturers of home furnishings to test the fire resistance of their products.
A new lab at NIST is helping to bring these tiny but brilliant devices into your home, to help save both energy costs and the environment.
After 20 years with its research components organized largely by scientific disciplines, NIST is realigning its laboratories according to a mission-based structure.
The NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology will award a five-year cooperative agreement totaling $15 million to the University of Maryland, College Park for a new postdoctoral researcher and visiting fellow program providing as many as 100 researchers with one- to two-year appointments at the CNST.
NIST has issued its first Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security, including high-level security requirements, a framework for assessing risks, an evaluation of privacy issues at personal residences, and additional information for crafting strategies to protect the modernizing power grid from attacks, malicious code, cascading errors and other threats.
Sixteen organizations have been selected for the final review stage for the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.
Researchers at NIST are stepping up the pace for designing safer building evacuations by releasing large, numerical datasets tracking the movement of people on stairs during high-rise building evacuation drills.
Those looking for the latest product standards-related news, regulatory developments, events and workshops around the world now can turn to the new Global Standards Information (GSI) website.
Recent puzzling observations of tiny variations in nuclear decay rates have led some to question the science behind carbon-14 dating and similar techniques. However NIST scientists along with researchers from Oak Ridge and several universities tested the hypothesis that solar radiation might affect the rate at which radioactive elements decay and found no detectable effect.
Researchers at NIST have found theoretical evidence of a new way to generate the high-frequency waves used in modern communication devices such as cell phones using exotic 'soliton' waves in magnetism. The technique might enable wireless technology that would be more secure and resistant to interference than conventional devices.
NIST researchers have “unveiled” a quartet of graphene’s electron states and discovered that electrons in graphene can split up into an unexpected and tantalizing set of energy levels when exposed to extremely low temperatures and extremely high magnetic fields.
On Sept. 13, NIST, the Federal Laboratory Consortium, the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO), and the Montgomery County Department of Economic Development will co-sponsor a nanotechnology forum on NIST's Gaithersburg, Md., campus.
With a brilliant, finely tuned spark of ultraviolet (UV) light, a NIST physicist helped NASA scientists successfully position a crucial UV sensor inside a space-borne instrument to observe a 'hidden' layer of the Sun where violent space weather can originate.
Measurements taken at NIST may help physicists develop a clearer understanding of high-temperature superconductors, whose behavior remains in many ways mysterious decades after their discovery. A new copper-based compound exhibits properties never before seen in a superconductor and could be a step toward solving part of the mystery.
The Sixth Annual IT Security Automation Conference on Sept. 27-29, 2010,at the Baltimore Convention Center will focus on applying and integrating emerging cyber security automation technologies and software assurance into a wide range of application areas such as cloud computing, health care information technology and compliance.
The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has awarded a grant of $1.5 million over 3 years to the Delaware Valley Industrial Resources Center and the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Partnership to encourage expanded manufacturing of energy-efficient building technologies.
Researchers at NIST have developed a simple process for producing near-perfect nanocrystals that will enable studies of physical and chemical properties that affect how nanoparticles interact with the world around them.
Researchers at NIST have demonstrated a micro-miniaturized device that can make complex viscosity measurements--critical data for a wide variety of fields dealing with things that have to flow--on sample sizes as small as a few nanoliters.
A new experiment proposed by NIST physicists may allow researchers to test the effects of gravity with unprecedented precision at very short distances--a scale at which exotic new details of gravity's behavior may be detectable.
Physicists at NIST have used a small crystal of ions to detect forces at the scale of yoctonewtons.
Researchers at NIST have created 'quantum cats' made of photons, boosting prospects for manipulating light in new ways to enhance precision measurements as well as computing and communications based on quantum physics.
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