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On June 24, 2011, President Obama announced a new initiative, the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP), a national effort bringing together industry, universities, and the federal government to...
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A team of researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), George Mason University, and the University of Maryland has made nano-sized sensors that detect volatile organic...
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(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Interested in improving your organization’s excellence? Then sign up for one of the two 2011 Baldrige Regional Conferences. This year, they’re being held in Missouri and...
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(NIST: Gaithersberg, MD) -- Preventing fraud at oil-change services and enabling consumers to make value comparisons when shopping for printer ink will be among the many issues discussed at this...
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A metasurface or metafilm is a 2-D version of a metamaterial, popularized recently in technologies with seemingly unnatural properties, such as the illusion of invisibility. Metamaterials have...
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(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Sixty-nine organizations have tossed their hats—and their strategies for success—into the ring for the 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest...
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(NIST: Gaithersberg, MD) -- Performance Review Institute (PRI) has announced the launch of the 2011 Nadcap Supplier Survey. The survey will be open for responses on June 20, 2011. All accredited...
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a suite of green tea reference materials to help manufacturers evaluate the composition of their products and assure...
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Trace gas detection, the ability to detect a scant quantity of a particular molecule—a whiff of formaldehyde or a hint of acetone—in a vast sea of others, underlies many important applications,...
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(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- On Thursday, July 21, 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a webinar, “Documenting Traceability and Calibration Intervals.” Georgia...