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April 25, 2024
NIST Readies Tests for DARPA Robotics Challenge in December
By Mark Bello
4 Dec 2013 — Research teams from around the world will be competing in the trials of the DARPA Robotics Challenge—a mock-up of a disaster scenario prompted by Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown, caused by the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami
MEP Awards Grants to Help Manufacturers "Make it in America"
By Jennifer Huergo
4 Dec 2013 — Objective of Make it in America Challenge is to make it more attractive for businesses to build, continue, or expand their operations in the United States.
NIST Announces New Center for Materials Research to Advance Manufacturing and Innovation
By Michael Baum
3 Dec 2013 — Led by Northwestern University, consortium will establish a new NIST-sponsored center of excellence for advanced materials research
2014 Baldrige Award in Your Future? Time to Apply!
By Michael E. Newman
21 Nov 2013 — Organizations can apply for awards in three business sectors—manufacturing, small business and service—along with health care, education and nonprofit (including government agencies)
Public Comment Requested for Manufacturing Network's Suggested Metrics, IP Guidelines
By Mark Bello
14 Nov 2013 — Metrics for the NNMI are intended to be used in evaluating how effectively the network's planned Institutes for Manufacturing Innovation meet their performance objectives.
Three U.S. Organizations Honored with the 2013 Baldrige National Quality Award
By Michael E. Newman
14 Nov 2013 — Honor is for performance excellence through innovation, improvement and visionary leadership. All of this year's winners are from the health care and education sectors.
Updating Building Energy Codes: How Much Can Your State Save?
By Mark Bello
6 Nov 2013 — New on-line publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) outlines state by state energy savings by updating their commercial building energy codes.
Perfect Faults: A Self-Correcting Crystal May Unleash the Next Generation of Advanced Communications
By Michael Baum
6 Nov 2013 — The NIST and an international team have joined together to engineer and measure a potentially important new class of nanostructured materials for microwave and advanced communication devices.
NIST Seeks Public Input on Updated Smart Grid Cybersecurity Guidelines
By Chad Boutin
29 Oct 2013 — (NIST) is requesting public comments on the first revision to its guidelines for secure implementation of "smart grid" technology.
New Spectrometry Standard for Handheld Chemical Detectors Aids First Responders
By Michael E. Newman
29 Oct 2013 — Publication of a new standard—a culmination of years of research at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)—provides confidence that results from different handheld chemical detectors can be compared
NIST MEP Sets Up One-Stop Shop for Manufacturing-Related Research and Reports
By Jennifer Huergo
23 Oct 2013 — Site is intended to serve as a resource for the manufacturing community and to fuel vibrant discussion and debate about the future of manufacturing in U.S.
By Jennifer Huergo
22 Oct 2013 — Obama Administration initiative to accelerate job creation and encourage business investment in the United States.
NIST 'Nose' a Hit When They Smell It: A New Generation of Odor-Releasing Materials for Training Dogs
By Mark Esser
18 Sep 2013 — Newly developed odor-releasing materials could take the risk out of training bomb-sniffing dogs.
NIST Announces Award to Create New Manufacturing Support Center in Maryland
By Jennifer Huergo
10 Sep 2013 — New center will help state's small and medium-sized manufacturers increase profits and create and retain jobs.
New Grayscale Technique Opens a Third Dimension for Nanoscale Lithography
By Vincent Luciani
6 Sep 2013 — New fabricating technique uses a combination of electron beam (e-beam) lithography, photolithography, and resist spray coating.
2014 Baldrige Sponsorship Opportunities Now Available!
By Jacqueline Calhoun
30 Aug 2013 — Sponsorships range from $1,000 to $50,000 and anyone or any organization that supports the Baldrige mission can be a sponsor.
Two Updated Guides Provide Latest NIST Recommendations for System Patches, Malware Avoidance
By Evelyn Brown
21 Aug 2013 — New revised publications approach the problem by providing new guidance for software patching and warding off malware.
What's the Matter? Q-Glasses Could Be a New Class of Solids
By Michael Baum
15 Aug 2013 — Researchers has reported possible evidence for a new category of solids, things that are neither pure glasses, crystals, nor even exotic quasicrystals.
NIST Releases 2012 Department of Commerce Technology Transfer Report
By Jennifer Huergo
8 Aug 2013 — Nonprofit institutions or organizations, including state and local governments, are eligible to apply for the $150,000 award in an effort to diversify Alaska's manufacturing base.
NIST Releases 2012 Department of Commerce Technology Transfer Report
By Jennifer Huergo
8 Aug 2013 — Annual report summarizes the technology transfer activities of its three federal laboratories: NIST, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS)
By Mark Bello
31 Jul 2013 — Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia (AMTech) Program is planning on awarding $4 million in two-year planning grants in fiscal year 2013.
New NIST Nanoscale Indenter Takes Novel Approach to Measuring Surface Properties
By Michael Baum
31 Jul 2013 — New design makes sensitive measurements of the mechanical properties of thin films that range form auto body coatings to microelectronic devices and biomaterials.
E.U. and U.S. to Extend Scientific Cooperation on Measurements and Standards
By Jennifer Huergo
26 Jul 2013 — Cooperation agreement will include new areas of research, such as energy, healthcare and clinical measurements, and food safety and nutrition.
NIST Workshop Gets a 'Grip' on Robotics Challenge
By Mark Bello
11 Jul 2013 — "Dexterous manipulation" was the focus of a recent workshop hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Study Provides Details on Portable Generator Emissions and Carbon Monoxide Exposure
By Mark Bello
11 Jul 2013 — National Institute of Standards and Technology researchers scrutinizes the deadly relationship between CO emissions and occupant exposure.
By Deborah Spak
2 Jul 2013 — Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) today presented two comprehensive analyses supporting the proven clinical and real-world results of ADVATE [Antihemophilic Factor (Recombinant), Plasma/Albumin-Free Method] during the 24th Annual Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The presentations include two complementary studies of the ADVATE profile, including an analysis of post-marketing data from approximately 1,200 hemophilia A patients across 15 countries as well as safety findings from a 10-year database of 12 clinical trials.
NIST Announces Three Funding Opportunities in Engineering Research
By Mark Bello
27 Jun 2013 — Disaster-resilient buildings and communities, sustainable construction and manufacturing, and "smart" firefighting are the focus of funding.
Microscopy Technique Could Help Computer Industry Develop 3-D Components
By Chad Boutin
26 Jun 2013 — New application for an older technique potentially can provide the semiconductor industry with a crucial tool for improving chips for the next decade or more.
NIST and NTIA Announce Plans to Establish New Center for Advanced Communications
By Gail Porter
19 Jun 2013 — Plan will establish a national Center for Advanced Communications in Boulder, Colorado.
NIST Researchers Offer Tool to Aid Standards Development, Implementation
By Mark Bello
13 Jun 2013 — (NIST) researchers to make serious effort to develop a computer-aided method for analyzing, comparing and testing standards.
NIST and Partners Offer Solution to Communications Impasse in Factories
By Mark Bello
30 May 2013 — Prototype application developed by a team of partner companies and the NIST allow industrial robots and machine tools to communication with each other.
New Filtration Material Could Make Petroleum Refining Cheaper, More Efficient
By Chad Boutin
29 May 2013 — Findings published in the journal, Science, point to a dramatically improved method for separating the highest-octane components of gasoline.
New NIST Report Identifies Strategies to Achieve Net-Zero Energy Homes
By John Rasmussen
15 May 2013 — Using a powerful combination of microanalytic techniques that simultaneously image photoelectric current and chemical reaction rates across a surface on a micrometer scale, NIST researchers have shed new light on what may become a cost-effective way to generate hydrogen gas directly from water and sunlight.
Long Term Savings and New Product Innovations Contribute to Rise of Coriolis Flowmeters
By Tabitha Naylor
9 May 2013 — Coriolis Flowmeters have always been recognized for delivering very accurate measurements. While also recognized for having a higher cost than other meters, new product developments and applications, coupled with a refreshed economic outlook has seen the uses steadily increasing.
Another Type of War Brewing in Asia: Anti-Dumping Duties by China Point to Trade Tussle
By John Rasmussen
18 Apr 2013 — While the rhetoric and saber rattling have the world's attention focused on the potential for real conflict on the Korean peninsula, another battle in the region has been going on for some time now. Over the past few months, the U.S. and European Union have sought to provide protection for some of their domestic industries and products from what they consider heavily government subsidized imports from China.
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