News tagged with standards


Simply Weird Stuff: Making Supersolids with Ultracold Gas Atoms

Simply Weird Stuff: Making Supersolids with Ultracold Gas Atoms

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 3

Physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland have proposed a recipe for turning ultracold “boson” atoms—the ingredients ...


Insights into polymer film instability could aid high tech industries

Insights into polymer film instability could aid high tech industries

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

While exploring the properties of polymer formation, a team of scientists at the National Institute for Standards and Technology has made a fundamental discovery* about these materials that could improve methods ...


New method accelerates stability testing of soy-based biofuel

New method accelerates stability testing of soy-based biofuel

Chemistry /

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed a method to accelerate stability testing of biodiesel fuel made from soybeans and also identified additives that enhance stability at high temperatures. ...


New tool gives researchers a glimpse of biomolecules in motion

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The ability of biomolecules to flex and bend is important for the performance of many functions within living cells. However, researchers interested in how biomolecules such as amino acids and proteins function have long ...


Prescription for patient safety

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A major reform of the way that NHS hospitals pay for legal liability insurance has led to improvements in patient safety, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.


Why Strawberry Jam is More Regulated than Cigarettes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 29, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (22) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- While jams and other consumer products are strictly regulated and are required to pass stringent tests before they can be sold, tobacco has no restrictions and manufacturers can, and do, add anything they ...


A one-stop shop for minimal information standards

Biology /

created Aug 08, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

More than 20 grass-roots standardisation groups, led by scientists at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), have combined forces to form the "Minimum Information about ...


Standards Set for Energy-Conserving LED Lighting

Standards Set for Energy-Conserving LED Lighting

Electronics /

created Jun 26, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 10

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in cooperation with national standards organizations, have taken the lead in developing the first two standards for solid-state lighting ...



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