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Tiny Levers, Big Moves in Piezoelectric SensorsNew material could enable technologies such as ‘energy harvesting’
Tue, 11/29/2011 - 13:26
A team of university researchers, aided by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have succeeded in integrating a new, highly efficient piezoelectric material into a silicon microelectromechanical system (MEMS).… Magnetic Field-Sensitive Alloy Could Be Used in New SensorsCobalt-and-iron alloy offers size, processing advantages over common piezoelectric microdevices
Mon, 11/28/2011 - 13:04
Led by a group at the University of Maryland (UMd), a multi-institution team of researchers has combined modern materials research and an age-old metallurgy technique to produce an alloy that could be the basis for a new class of sensors and… Four Organizations Awarded 2011 Baldrige National Quality AwardThree health care recipients, one nonprofit reap top honors
Tue, 11/22/2011 - 13:25
(NIST: Gaithersberg, MD) -- U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson announced four organizations—three health care operations and one nonprofit business—as the recipients of the 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor… Chipping Away at the Mystery of Antimatter Imbalance Still no solution, but NIST physicists have narrowed the possibilities
Fri, 11/11/2011 - 12:13
Why there is stuff in the universe—or more properly, why there is an imbalance between matter and antimatter—is one of the long-standing mysteries of cosmology. A team of researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (… Redefining the SI Base UnitsMetrology is poised to undergo a profound change
Tue, 11/08/2011 - 17:19
The international General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) has approved a plan to redefine four of the seven base units of the International System of Units (SI) in terms of fixed values of natural constants. The initiative would make… Laser Frequency Comb on a ChipNIST’s compact laser frequency comb could go places
Mon, 10/31/2011 - 11:54
During the past decade, laser frequency combs—extraordinarily precise tools for measuring frequencies (or colors) of light—have helped propel advances in timekeeping, trace-gas detection, and related physics research.
Although typical lasers… Baldrige Award Recipient Hospitals Significantly Outperform Their PeersRecipients six times more likely to be counted among 100 Top Hospitals
Fri, 10/28/2011 - 12:23
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- A new report has found that health care organizations that have won Baldrige National Quality Awards for performance excellence or been considered for a Baldrige Award site visit outperform other hospitals in nearly… NIST Congratulates Colleague on Nobel Chemistry PrizeDan Shechtman’s research and persistence completely changed the thinking of scientists
Mon, 10/17/2011 - 12:25
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) colleagues of Dan Shechtman, Ph.D., joined others in the scientific community in congratulating him on winning the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Shechtman made his astonishing discovery of a… Baldrige Book Helps Organizations Gain 20/20 ForesightWhy read it? Because 20/20 hindsight is easy but 20/20 foresight is not.
Mon, 10/03/2011 - 11:56
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- While most of us would say that hindsight is 20/20, the folks at the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program believe just the opposite for organizations that want to survive and thrive now and for years to come. To… Metric Week Begins Oct. 9, 2011A reminder of the system’s importance in commerce and STEM careers
Mon, 10/03/2011 - 11:38
Counting the seconds until Metric Week (Oct. 9–15, 2011) begins? That’s the spirit! Seconds are the metric unit of time. You also could figure your distance in meters (the metric unit of length) from the National Institute of Standards and…
