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Oct022015

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Stitching Together the Next Digital Revolution

InnovationManufacturingResearch and DevelopmentSmall and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Along the path from design to manufacture, a lot of information gets passed from computer to computer and machine to machine. But just as a children’s game of telephone can...

Mar122015

Lab to Market: When One Plus One Equals Three

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Lab to Market: When One Plus One Equals Three

InnovationTech TransferSmall Business Innovation Research (SBIR) ProgramLab to MarketResearch and Development

When you want a plant to grow, you provide water, light, and fertilizer. When you want an economy to grow you provide capital, labor, and innovation.

Nov122014

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Connecting Minority Serving Institutions with Research and Entrepreneurship Opportunities

InnovationDataWillie E. MayResearch and DevelopmentEntrepreneurship

Earlier this month, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) hosted a special event for minority serving...

Jul012014

Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility (NZERTF) in the snow

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NIST’s Net-Zero House Provides All Energy Needs for Family, Saving Thousands in Utilities

InnovationEnvironmentEnergy EfficiencyNet-Zero Energy Residential Test FacilityResearch and Development

The net-zero energy test house at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in suburban Washington, D.C., not only absorbed winter's best shot, it came...

Jun032014

Countdown to Net Zero: NIST Test House Pursues Energy Surplus in Final Month

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Countdown to Net Zero: NIST Test House Pursues Energy Surplus in Final Month

InnovationEnvironmentNet-Zero Energy Residential Test FacilityResearch and Development

Heading into the final stretch of a year-long trial run, the experimental net-zero energy house at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg,...

Apr282014

NIST Research Offers Guide in Formulating Cancer Treatment Drugs

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NIST Research Offers Guide in Formulating Cancer Treatment Drugs

InnovationUniversity of Delaware and Institut Laue-LangevinResearch and Development

Potentially valuable drugs slowed down by sticky molecules may get another shot at success. Joint research by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),...

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InnovationEntrepreneurshipDigital EconomyAdvanced ManufacturingResearch and DevelopmentSkills for BusinessIntellectual Property (IP)Economic Development

Fostering a more innovative U.S. economy—one that is better at inventing, improving, and commercializing products and technologies that lead to higher productivity and...

Mar312014

A thorium emissin lamp's violet glow, when viewed through a spectroscope, is split into a spectrum of thousands of bright lines. New measurements of these lines could help astronomers search for earthlike planets around distant stars.

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NIST Gives Astronomers a Better Ruler in the Search for Extrasolar Planets

InnovationScience and technologySpaceResearch and Development

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have rejuvenated a technique for finding planets near distant stars.

Mar282014

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker touts importance of workforce development at Clemson University's International Center for Automotive Research

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker Touts Importance of Workforce Development at Clemson University's International Center for Automotive Research

InnovationWorkforce DevelopmentResearch and DevelopmentClemson University

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today toured the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR), a campus where academia, the private...

Mar282014

Secretary Pritzker and Dr. John Ballato, Clemson University vice president for economic development, toured the Clemson University-International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR)

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Clemson University’s Public-Private Partnerships Help Create Next-Generation Workforce

InnovationResearch and DevelopmentWorkforce Development

We had the privilege today of showing U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker the cutting-edge research and education that are helping South Carolina play a leading role in...

Mar202014

Over 6 months, NIST Zero-Energy House Gives Back to the Grid

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Over 6 Months, NIST Zero-Energy House Gives Back to the Grid

InnovationEnvironmentNet-Zero Energy Residential Test FacilityResearch and Development

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology recently announced results from the first six months of a virtual family of four living in an energy...

Dec172013

NOAA Dedicates Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center in Honolulu

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NOAA Dedicates Daniel K. Inouye Regional Center in Honolulu

EnvironmentSenator Daniel K. InouyeDr. Kathryn SullivanEnergyResearch and Development

On Monday, December 16, the Commrerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) held a dedication ceremony to unveil the Daniel K. Inouye...

Nov212013

Image of destruction caused by the Joplin, Missouri, tornado

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NIST Investigation of Joplin, Mo., Tornado Details Proposed Measures for Saving Lives and Property

EnvironmentJoplin TornadoResearch and Development

NIST released a report today on the impacts of the May 22, 2011 tornado that struck Joplin, Mo.

Nov062013

Christopher Neary of the NIST Environmental Management Group demonstrates the use of a handheld Raman spectrometer to determine the identity of an unknown sample.

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NIST Issues New Standard for Handheld Chemical Detectors to Aid First Responders

InnovationStandard Reference MaterialResearch and DevelopmentManufacturingStandards

When it comes to detectors for dangerous chemicals, toxins or nefarious germs, smaller and faster is better. But size and speed must still allow for accuracy, especially when...

Sep042013

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NIST Releases Study on Reducing Damage and Loss from Wildfires

EnvironmentWildland urban interface (WUI) fireResearch and Development

A recent study of one of California's most devastating wildland fires by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS)...

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