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NIST Modeling Study Reveals the Lethal Dynamics of a San Francisco House Fire
Release Date: 01/30/2015

A new computer-based fire-dynamics study by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has helped to clarify the … more

NIST Announces New Center to Support Florida Manufacturers
Release Date: 01/30/2015

The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and … more

Public-Private Sector Partners Launch $2 Million Open Innovation Challenge to Find Advanced Energy Absorbing Materials
Release Date: 01/29/2015

NFL, GE & Under Armour collaborate with U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Head Health … more

Conferences and Events
Cybersecurity for Direct Digital Manufacturing Symposium
February 3, 2015

Direct Digital Manufacturing (DDM) involves fabricating physical objects from a data file using computer-controlled processes with little to no … more

A 55-Year Journey in Science--From NBS to NIST and beyond
February 6, 2015

  In this special Black History Month Colloquium, Dr. Jackson will chronicle his journey in science, from his early experiences at the National … more

Fundamentals of Metrology
February 9-13, 2015

The Fundamentals of Metrology seminar will introduce the participant to the concepts of measurement systems, units, measurement uncertainty, … more