Two Advanced Laboratories Open at NIST Boulder and JILASix-year collaboration brought the project in on time and on budget
Thu, 04/19/2012 - 15:49
Two new advanced laboratory buildings for high-precision science and measurements have officially opened in Boulder, Colorado, providing upgraded facilities to support technology innovation and economic growth as well as the training of future… JILA Team Demonstrates ‘New Way of Lasing’ ‘Superradiant’ laser is more powerful and stable than conventional types
Wed, 04/11/2012 - 10:42
Physicists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU), have demonstrated a novel “superradiant” laser design, which has the potential to be 100 to 1,000… Registration Open for 24th Annual Quest for Excellence ConferenceApril 16–18, 2012 in Washington, D.C.
Fri, 04/06/2012 - 16:09
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The 2012 Quest for Excellence Conference is the definitive showcase of best practices from the recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation’s highest honor for performance excellence and… Help Design the National Network for Manufacturing InnovationConnect research discoveries and tomorrow’s technologies with U.S. manufacturers
Wed, 04/04/2012 - 11:36
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The first of a planned series of regional workshops to design a proposed $1 billion federal initiative, the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), will be held on April 25, 2012, at the Rensselaer… Foundation Approves Baldrige Funding Through 2015Foundation expresses confidence in ongoing development of Baldrige Enterprise's business and financial model
Wed, 04/04/2012 - 11:05
(NIST) -- Consistent with its purpose, the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Inc. voted last week to commit funds to sustain the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) through fiscal year 2015.
The foundation… Nanoscale Magnetic Media Diagnostics Using Rippling Spin WavesDetects defects in magnetic structures as small as 0.1 micron
Tue, 04/03/2012 - 14:59
Memory devices based on magnetism are one of the core technologies of the computing industry, and engineers are working to develop new forms of magnetic memory that are faster, smaller, and more energy efficient than today’s flash and SDRAM memory.… Baldrige’s Transition to a Sustainable, Enterprise ModelNational quality program is transitioning away from federal funding
Tue, 03/27/2012 - 13:07
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- A self-sustaining business model based on income generation, and supplemented with support from the Foundation for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and other nonoperating income, is the new environment for the… NIST April Workshop to Examine Federal Conformity Assessment PracticesWed. April 11, 2012, in Gaithersburg, MD
Thu, 03/22/2012 - 12:30
(NIST: Gaithersburg, MD) -- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting a free public workshop on best practices in federal conformity-assessment activities Wed., April 11, 2012, at NIST’s Gaithersburg, Maryland, site.… Nanopower: Avoiding Electrolyte Failure in Nanoscale Lithium BatteriesSize of electrolytes affects battery performance, say NIST researchers
Wed, 03/21/2012 - 11:11
It turns out you can be too thin—especially if you’re a nanoscale battery. Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); the University of Maryland, College Park; and Sandia National Laboratories built a series of… NIST Measurements May Help Optimize Organic Solar CellsCost less to produce than conventional cells, cover larger areas, and recycle more easily
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 10:22
Organic solar cells may be a step closer to market because of measurements taken at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), where a team of scientists has developed a better fundamental…