National Institute of Standards and Technology News

Cybersecurity standards for critical infrastructure developed under President Obama's recent executive order could affect the way federal government networks are protected against cyber attacks, according a senior official.

Comments on the challenges of protecting the nation's critical infrastructure have identified a handful of top-of-mind issues for the more than 200 people and organizations who responded to a formal request for information.

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a significant improvement in the performance of solar-powered hydrogen generation by employing a metal-insulator-semiconductor photoelectrode architecture that allows for stable and efficient water splitting using narrow bandgap semiconductors.

A side view of a MIS photoelectrode with a metallic collector situated on an insulator-covered semiconductor.

The Pentagon has cleared iPhones and iPads running iOS 6 for use in the U.S. military, just over a week after the U.S. government cleared the software for federal use.

Detecting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could soon become far easier with the help of an innovative technique* developed by a team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology , where scientists have overcome an issue preventing the effective use of lasers to rapidly scan samples.

This disparity in useful energy data is just one of several information gaps that must be bridged as the United States transitions towards residences that generate as much energy as they use over the course of a year -- so-called net-zero houses.

Their quarry is a potentially efficient, cost-effective, photoelectrochemical cell -- essentially a solar cell that produces hydrogen gas instead of electric current.

Connor MacKenzie , a Westminster College junior mathematics major, was recently notified that one of his mathematics research papers was accepted for publication in the Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications .

Although made of fire-resistant materials, terracotta and cement roof tiles are vulnerable to penetration by windblown embers generated in wildfires, according to new research findings* from the National Institute of Standards and Technology .

A class of water-loving, jelly-like materials with uses ranges ranging from the mundane, such as superabsorbent diaper liners, to the sophisticated, such as soft contact lenses, could be tapped for a new line of serious work: testing the biological effects of nanoparticles now being eyed for a large variety of uses.

The title is not an original bon mot by me - it's been said often, by others, and by many with more experience than I have in developing standards.

Secretary Cam Kerry and Secretary John Kerry at the latter's Senate confirmation hearing in January.

NRI Second Phase Features Multi-University Network Focused on Research Centers at SUNY's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and University of Texas at Austin The Semiconductor Research Corporation and the National Institute of Standards and Technology recently announced the second phase of the ... (more)

During the next five months, we will be presenting five articles written by Chris Sarns that address the alleged fire-induced collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 at 5:20 PM on September 11, 2001.

The House Science, Space and Technology's Subcommittee on Technology held two recent hearings to discuss programs at the National Institute of Standards and Technology .

Reshoring is the catchy name used to describe efforts to bring manufacturing jobs back to America.

For the first time since 2005 , the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has revised the federal cybersecurity standards.

Intel has joined the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence , a private-public partnership that works jointly with professionals in technology industry, academia and government to deal with business cyber security concerns.

Food Manufacturing spoke with Roger Kilmer of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership about the importance of maintaining a strong manufacturing presence in the United States, and what resources are available to domestic manufacturers.