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News
Jacob Taylor, NIST Physicist, Receives Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for Public Service
Release Date: 09/14/2012

  Jacob Taylor of NIST is one of nine winners of the 2012 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal. image: Sam Kittner/Kittner.com high-res … more

Home Sweet Lab: Computerized House to Generate as Much Energy as It Uses
Release Date: 09/12/2012

NIST Unveils Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility to Improve Testing of Energy-Efficient Technologies In a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, the … more

New NIST Strategic Roadmap Aims to Reduce the Nation's Preventable Fire Burden by a Third
Release Date: 09/05/2012

The United States already has one of the highest direct fire loss rates among developed nations, and progress in reducing this tremendous burden … more

Conferences and Events
Mid-Atlantic Microbeam Analysis Society 2012 Symposium
September 14, 2012

A one-half day symposium on the advances to the field in the last 20 years that would have been of great interest to our colleague and friend … more

NIST ITS-90 Fixed-Point Cell Cell Mini-Workshop
September 17-18, 2012

The NIST ITS-90 Fixed-Point Cell Mini-Workshop is offered every year and covers the realization of ITS-90 fixed-point cells over the range from … more

The Biometric Consortium Conference 2012
September 18-20, 2012

The 2012 Biometric Consortium Conference presented by NIST, NSA and AFCEA will address the important role that biometrics plays in identification … more