National Institute of Standards and Technology


The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was established in 1901. NIST is a non-regulatory agency of the U.S. Government attached to the Department of Commerce. The headquarters is in Gaithersburg, Maryland and the other facility is in Boulder, Colorado. NIST purpose is to advance innovation in measurement, calibration, standards, science in the U.S. From microwaves to electronic voting machines involve technology and standards. A primary component NIST pays close attention to is national security. NIST is divided into areas of physics, information technology, chemical science and technology, electronic and electronic engineering, material sciences, building and fire research.

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NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Stop 1070, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-1070

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inquiries [at] nist [dot] gov

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(301) 975-NIST (6478)

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Small nanoparticles bring big improvement to medical imaging

Small nanoparticles bring big improvement to medical imaging

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

If you're watching the complex processes in a living cell, it is easy to miss something important—especially if you are watching changes that take a long time to unfold and require high-spatial-resolution ...


Novel connector uses magnets for leak-free microfluidic devices

Novel connector uses magnets for leak-free microfluidic devices

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Like other users of microfluidic systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology researcher Javier Atencia was faced with an annoying engineering problem: how to simply, reliably and most of all, tightly, ...


'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed

'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The goal of an integrated, miniaturized laboratory analysis system, also known as a "lab-on-a-chip," is simple: sample in, answer out. However, researchers wanting to use these microfluidic devices to analyze ...


JQI researchers create entangled photons from quantum dots

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 1

To exploit the quantum world to the fullest, a key commodity is entanglement—the spooky, distance-defying link that can form between objects such as atoms even when they are completely shielded from one another. Now, physicists ...


Scientists demonstrate 'universal' programmable quantum processor

Scientists demonstrate 'universal' programmable quantum processor

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 15, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 11

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics -- th ...


Cryptographic voting debuts

Cryptographic voting debuts

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, in Takoma Park, Md., a new cryptographic voting system that could ensure accurate vote counts was used for the first time in a real election. MIT’s Ron Rivest, the Viterbi Professor ...


Capturing those in-between moments: Researchers solves timing problem in molecular modeling

Capturing those in-between moments: Researchers solves timing problem in molecular modeling

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A theoretical physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a method for calculating the motions and forces of thousands of atoms simultaneously over a wider range of time scales ...


NIST quantifies low levels of 'heart attack risk' protein

NIST quantifies low levels of 'heart attack risk' protein

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Searching for a needle in a haystack may seem futile, but it's worth it if the needle is a hard-to-detect protein that may identify a person at high risk of a heart attack circulating within a haystack of ...


NIST test proves 'the eyes have it' for ID verification

NIST test proves 'the eyes have it' for ID verification

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The eyes may be the mirror to the soul, but the iris reveals a person's true identity—its intricate structure constitutes a powerful biometric. A new report by computer scientists at the National Institute ...


Scientists build first 'frequency comb' to display visible 'teeth'

Scientists Build First 'Frequency Comb' To Display Visible 'Teeth'

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Finally, an optical frequency comb that visibly lives up to its name. Scientists at the University of Konstanz in Germany and the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the U.S. ...


Fingerprint technology beats world's toughest tests ... including 100s of builders' thumbs

Fingerprint technology beats world's toughest tests... including 100s of builders' thumbs

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Technology developed by the University of Warwick that can identify partial, distorted, scratched, smudged, or otherwise warped fingerprints in just a few seconds has just scored top marks in the world's two ...


Is Your Microrobot Up for the (NIST) Challenge?

Is Your Microrobot Up for the (NIST) Challenge?

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The scientists and engineers who introduced the world to tiny robots demonstrating soccer skills are creating the next level of friendly competition designed to advance microrobotics -- the ...


The White Stuff: Marine Lab Team Seeks to Understand Coral Bleaching

The White Stuff: Marine Lab Team Seeks to Understand Coral Bleaching

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- With technology similar to that used by physicians to perform magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, researchers from six institutions -- including the National Institute of Standards and ...


Biochemical 'On-Switch' Could Solve Protein Purification Challenge

Biochemical 'On-Switch' Could Solve Protein Purification Challenge

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Drugs based on engineered proteins represent a new frontier for pharmaceutical makers. Even after they discover a protein that may form the basis of the next wonder drug, however, they have ...


Physicists Turn to Radio Dial for Finer Atomic Matchmaking

Physicists Turn to Radio Dial for Finer Atomic Matchmaking

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Investigating mysterious data in ultracold gases of rubidium atoms, scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland ...