Content by NIST

NIST's picture
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has awarded $9.1 million in cooperative agreements for 22...
NIST's picture
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded a total of $50 million in grants to five institutions to support the construction of new scientific...
NIST's picture
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Every day is a metric day at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). But that won’t stop the agency from celebrating Metric Week, held annually the...
NIST's picture
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Scientists have long known that time passes faster at higher elevations—a curious aspect of Einstein’s theories of relativity that previously has been measured by...
NIST's picture
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Siemens PLM Software’s new NX CMM Inspection Programming application, the latest addition to the NX software part-manufacturing solutions, has become the first inspection...
NIST's picture
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The panel of judges for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest recognition for organizational performance excellence, has selected 16...
NIST's picture
NIST
With growing interest in using nanoparticles for everything from antibacterial socks to medical imaging to electronic devices, the need to understand the environmental, health, and safety risks of...
NIST's picture
NIST
  (NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a microminiaturized device that can perform complex viscosity...
NIST's picture
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- NIST will use the new ultra-dark detector, described in a new paper in Nano Letters, to make precision laser power measurements for advanced technologies such as optical...
NIST's picture
NIST
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- A wrench or a screwdriver of a single size is useful for some jobs, but for a more complicated project, you need a set of tools of different sizes. Following this guiding...