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Defense Conversion Funds Make Iowa Manufacturing Technology Center A Reality
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ronald H. Brown and Congressman Neal Smith (D-Iowa), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary, today announced the opening of the Iowa Manufacturing Technology Center (MTC) as part of a program to help the state's small and medium-sized manufacturers become more competitive through the adoption of new technologies.
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On the Way to Market, Aspiring Technology Firms Get a Technical Assist from NIST
News Release: Patience is one of the greatest allies of a young technology firm, but delays are its worst enemy. In the form of long-term financing, patience buys the company time to translate discoveries and inventions into successful commercial products. But if the firm lingers too long on the way to the marketplace, doors to business opportunity will slam shut, right behind the first competitor to step across the threshold.
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NIST Calls for Partners in Developing Key Escrowing Hardware
News Release: The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today an opportunity to join a cooperative research consortium for developing the next generation of encryption technology for computer hardware that contains integrated cryptographic key escrowing techniques. Industrial and academic partners will get the chance to shepherd enhanced key escrow encryption technologies through the research and development process.
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NIST Announces Voluntary Escrowed Encryption Standard To Promote Secure Telecommunications
News Release: The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today the approval of a voluntary standard that can be used by government agencies or the private sector to provide strong encryption protection for sensitive but unclassified voice, fax and data communications over telephone lines.
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U.S.-Russian Trade to Benefit from International Lab Accreditation Program
News Release: In an effort to expand trade between the United States and Russia, the Commerce Department`s National Institute of Standards and Technology today announced that an international laboratory accreditation program will be established to provide U.S. manufacturers and exporters with product test results that will comply with mandatory Russian certification requirements.
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New Standards to Be Developed for Use in Laptops and Notebooks
News Release: SAN JOSE, CALIF.-The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Video Electronics Standards Association will lead an effort to develop a new voluntary standard for the interface between flat panel displays and controllers. VESA has formed a special interest group to establish the standard...
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Wozny Named New Head Of NIST Manufacturing Lab
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology has announced that Michael J. Wozny is the new director of the technology agency's Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory. Wozny comes to NIST after serving as a professor and the co-director of the Design and Manufacturing Institute at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.
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NIST Signs Consortium Partners to Develop New Tools for Processing Ceramic Powders and Slurries
News Release: Five manufacturers that produce ceramic powders or make components from silicon nitride materials, an instrument company and a federal laboratory have committed to join an industry/ government effort to improve the processing of ceramic powders and slurries. The cooperative research and development program is sponsored by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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NIST Plays Role in National Program to Improve U.S. Steelmaking
News Release: Materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are research participants in two of the six projects that make up the Advanced Process Control Program, a cooperative effort between the American Iron and Steel Institute and the Department of Energy. The development of process control systems for steelmaking could save U.S. producers an estimated $300 million annually.
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Partners Wanted To Help Create "Virtual Library"
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking industrial and academic partners to join a cooperative research consortium to develop technology for "virtual libraries" from which users could access and exchange documents electronically as they appear in published form.
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NIST Offers Expanded Database on Properties of Alternative Refrigerants
News Release: A newly expanded database on the physical properties of alternative refrigerants will help U.S. industry convert from chemicals that are thought to harm the ozone layer to more environmentally acceptable refrigerants.
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$3 Million Grant Helps New Metrology Center Move Into High Gear
News Release: A unique but fledgling technology partnership involving U.S. gear manufacturers, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant-experienced in the production of high-precision metal parts for nuclear weapons-and Pennsylvania State University can now...
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PC Database Offers Rapid Access to Reaction Rates of Ligands in Solutions
News Release: NIST Standard Reference Database 46, NIST Critical Stability Constants of Metal Complexes, provides research chemists and chemical engineers with rapid access to important information on the reaction rates of ligands and how they react with ions to form complex chemical compounds. The new personal computer database is available from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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NIST Develops Tests to Determine Fire Safety of Cigarettes
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed two tests that can be used to measure the likelihood that a cigarette will ignite soft furnishings such as a couch or mattress.
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ICSP to Hold Open Seminar on Voluntary Standards in Government
News Release: The Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A-119, "Federal Participation in the Development and Use of Voluntary Standards," encourages government use of voluntary standards for procurement and regulatory activities. The federal Interagency Committee on Standards Policy, chaired by Stanley I. Warshaw, ...
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President Clinton Presents National Quality Award To Eastman Chemical, Ames Rubber
News Release: President Clinton today presented the nation's top award for excellence in quality management-the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award-to two U.S. companies, Eastman Chemical Co. and Ames Rubber Corp. The award recipients were first announced on Oct. 18.
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Safety and EEO Awards Presented to Three Local Area Residences
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology has presented the institute's Safety Award to Lester A. Slaback, Jr., of Gaithersburg, Md. The award, presented for the first time in 1979, recognizes unusually significant contributions to the NIST Occupational Safety and Health program activities.
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Measurement Science Award Presented by NIST to Two Area Residents
News Release: Two area residents, W. Tyler Estler, a supervisory physicist from Germantown, Md., and Yun Hsia Queen, a chemical engineer from Adamstown, Md., jointly share the Allen V. Astin Measurement Science Award presented by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
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Two NIST Scientists Honored For Their Significant Research Contributions
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology, has honored two local residents for their pioneering neutron studies of the bonding and dynamics of hydrogen isotopes in metals.
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Teamwork Pays Off For Nine NIST Researchers
News Release: The William P. Slichter Award, presented for the second year, recognizes outstanding achievements by staff members of the National Institute of Standards and Technology staff in building or strengthening ties between NIST and industry. This year, a team of nine NIST researchers won the honor. They are...
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