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Baldrige Improvement Day(s) Call for Comments
Mon, 06/23/2008 - 22:00
(NIST: Gaithersburg, Maryland) -- The Baldrige National Quality Program strives to continuously improve all aspects of the program to deliver greater value to its customers and stakeholders and to improve the effectiveness of our processes. To that…Tracking Nanoparticles in 3-D
Wed, 04/09/2008 - 22:00
Heart of the orthogonal tracking microscope system developed at NIST is this nanoparticle solution sample well etched in silicon. Careful orientation of the silicon crystal makes it possible to chemically etch angled sides in…NIST Report on U.S. Innovation Tags Measurement ChallengesThe USMS assessment will focus first on semiconductors, autos, and software
Wed, 03/14/2007 - 22:00
(National Institute of Standards and Technology, Washington, D.C.) -- A new report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), An Assessment of the United States Measurement System: Addressing Measurement Barriers to Accelerate…Lack of Effective Timing Signals Could Hamper ‘Internet of Things’ Development
Tue, 03/24/2015 - 10:31
(NIST: Gaithersgurg, MD) -- Our fast-approaching future of driverless cars and “smart” electrical grids will depend on billions of linked devices making decisions and communicating with split-second precision to prevent highway collisions and power…Mon, 04/01/2024 - 09:50
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its collaborators have delivered a small but mighty advancement in timing technology: compact chips that seamlessly convert light into microwaves. This chip could improve GPS, the quality…NIST Awards $3.6 Million for Community-Based Cybersecurity Workforce DevelopmentGrants go to 18 education and community organizations in 15 states
Mon, 04/08/2024 - 13:51
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded cooperative agreements totaling nearly $3.6 million aimed at building the workforce needed to safeguard enterprises from…An Extraordinary Standard: New NIST Protein Could Spur Biopharmaceutical Innovation
Mon, 08/08/2016 - 13:07
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued one of the world’s most intricate measurement standards: an exhaustively analyzed antibody protein that the biopharmaceutical industry will use to help ensure the quality of…Fri, 11/16/2018 - 12:01
Many semiconductor fabricators and research labs are under increasing pressure from, of all things, vacuum. These facilities need to remove greater amounts of gas molecules and particles from their setups as new technologies and processes demand…NIST Researchers Offer Tool to Aid Standards Development, Implementation
Mon, 06/17/2013 - 13:00
The nice thing about standards, it's been said, is that there are so many to choose from.* Though this tongue-in-cheek chestnut might be an exaggeration, it is not grossly so. Thousands of public and private organizations around the world generate…Mon, 11/11/2019 - 14:22
The NIST Big Data Interoperability Framework (NBDIF) is intended to help create software tools (represented here as a spreadsheet page) that can analyze data using any type of computing platform, and that can be moved from one platform to another…