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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 Introduce New Method for Imaging Defects in Magnetic Nanodevices
Release Date: 09/12/2012 Top: Scanning electron micrograph of an array of magnetic nanodisks with a oval-shaped “defect” structure at center. … more
New NIST Reference Material Could Aid Nanomaterial Toxicity Research
Release Date: 09/05/2012 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new nanoscale reference material for use in a wide range of environmental, … more
September Workshop to Explore the Measurement Needs of the Flexible Electronics Industry
Release Date: 09/05/2012 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in concert with the FlexTech Alliance, will hold a workshop on “Flexible … more
NIST Focuses on Testing Standards to Support Lab on a Chip Commercialization
Release Date: 08/08/2012 Lab on a chip (LOC) devices—microchip-size systems that can prepare and analyze tiny fluid samples with volumes ranging from a few … more
New NIST-led Consortium Aims to Improve Process for Making ‘Soft Materials’
Release Date: 07/11/2012 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is launching a new consortium that will take the measure of a growing and increasingly … more
Prices are Down, Value is Up: The Newly Expanded ACerS-NIST Database
Release Date: 07/11/2012 One of the most influential collections of materials data at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now not only bigger than … more
Shaffique Adam Receives Singapore National Research Foundation Fellowship
Release Date: 06/27/2012 In July, Shaffique Adam will join the inaugural faculty of Yale-NUS College as an Assistant Professor of Science, with a joint appointment in the … more
Novel Clay-based Coating May Point the Way to New Generation of Green Flame Retardants
Release Date: 06/27/2012 In searching for better flame retardants for home furnishings—a large source of fuel in house fires—National Institute of … more
NIST Hydrogen Fuel Materials Test Facility Starts Delivering Data
Release Date: 05/15/2012 Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have published their first archival paper based on data from the … more
New Commitments Support Administration’s Materials Genome Initiative
Release Date: 05/14/2012 Today, at a White House event, leaders from industry, academia, national labs, and government announced more than a dozen new commitments to … more
NIST Contributes to Discovery of Novel Quantum Spin-Liquid
Release Date: 05/07/2012 Gaithersburg, Md.—An international team of researchers including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology … more
Fabrication Method Can Affect the Use of Block Copolymer Thin Films
Release Date: 05/02/2012 A new study by a team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) indicates that thin polymer films can … 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
X-Ray Probe Finds New Organic Transistors Do Well in Hot Water
Release Date: 04/17/2012 Materials scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), working with an international research team, have helped … more |
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