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Controlling light by bending space? Science fiction? Is it something just for magicians and imaginary heroes like Harry Potter? Transformation … more

The AACC and NIST is hosting an invitation-only conference on global harmonization of results from clinical laboratory testing procedures for … more

  In conjunction with Annex 54 (www.iea-annex54.org) of the International Energy Agency's Energy Conservation in Building and Community … more

The 4th International Symposium on Polymers Materials Science will be held October 28th and 29th 2010 at NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The … more

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has been called the largest response to an environmental catastrophe in the history of the U.S. As the lead … more

On May 20, 2010, NIST hosted the first Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop. The purpose of that initial workshop was to respond to the … more

A possible link between madness and genius is one of the oldest and most persistent of cultural notions; it is also one of the most controversial. … more

When the first laser was demonstrated fifty years ago, it was seen mostly as a solution in search of a problem. As lasers were further developed, … more

The Forensic Science Program in the NIST Law Enforcement Standards Office is hosting its first three day symposium entitled “Forensics @ … more

To circumvent the limited spatial resolution of fluorescent protein imaging, we are developing genetically encoded tags for electron microscopy … more

Climate science was supposed to unite peoples across ideological and national boundaries. Instead, America's two political parties are more … more