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News
Obama Administration Announces $20 Million for 10 Public-Private Partnerships to Support American Manufacturing and Encourage Investment in the US
Release Date: 10/09/2012

Investments will promote job creation and economic growth in local industry clusters in AZ, CA, MI, NY, OK, OR, PA, TN and WA WASHINGTON — … more

Congratulations to David Wineland! 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics
Release Date: 10/09/2012

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 … more

NIST's David J. Wineland Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics
Release Date: 10/09/2012

David J. Wineland, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has won the 2012 … more

Conferences and Events
Mass Metrology Seminar
October 15-26, 2012

The Mass Metrology Seminar is a two-week, "hands-on" seminar. It incorporates approximately 30 percent lectures and 70 percent demonstrations and … more

ICT Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) Workshop
October 15-16, 2012

Risk from the information and communications technology (ICT) supply chain is widely recognized as a principle concern for federal departments and … more

NIST Radiation Thermometry Short Course
October 15-19, 2012

The NIST Radiation Short Course is offered every 2 years and covers the fundamentals of radiometric physics and instrumentation associated with … more