News from May 2008
By Interior Newswire | May 28, 2008
The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 28, 2008
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 28, 2008
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 28, 2008
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 28, 2008
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 28, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 28, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 28, 2008
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 28, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 28, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2008
News Release: Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered that a new class of iron-based superconductors discovered earlier this year shares similar unusual magnetic properties with previously known high-temperature superconductors based on copper-oxide materials. The work announced today* on the Web site of the journal Nature emphasizes a critical but as yet unexplained link between magnetism and high-temperature superconductors.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2008
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today welcomed the U.S. Trade Representative’s decision to request World Trade Organization (WTO).
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2008
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a simpler and potentially lower-cost method for distributing strings of digits, or "keys," for use in quantum cryptography, the most secure method of transmitting data. The new "quantum key distribution" (QKD) ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2008
News Release: Information scientists announced an agreement last month on a "concept bank" programmers could use to build thinking machines that reason about complex problems at the frontiers of knowledge-from advanced manufacturing to biomedicine.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2008
News Release: John Lehman, Chris Cromer and Xiaoyu Li of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have received a 2008 Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC). The award honors employees who have accomplished outstanding work in the process of transferring a technology developed by a federal laboratory. The nominations are judged by representatives from industry, state and local government, academia and federal laboratories.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2008
News Release: If you love soccer but don't want to wait until the next World Cup in 2010 to satisfy your appetite for the most popular game on Earth, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has the answer-though the nourishment comes in very small bites.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2008
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeks grant proposals for the construction of science research buildings from institutions of higher education and nonprofit organizations. The agency announced on the Grants.gov Web site on May 20, 2008, that it will award approximately $29 million in congressionally directed funding for a special one-time competitive grant program. Awards are expected to range in size from approximately $10 million to $15 million.
By USDA Newswire | May 28, 2008
News Release: Summer reminds us that one of the most useful tools for preventing mosquito bites is insect repellent. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and colleagues at the University of Florida (UF ) have shown that a computer modeling program that looks at compounds' chemical structure can predict which compounds are likely to stop mosquito bites. Their findings are reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2008
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, MD-In the initial studies of a new class of high-temperature superconductors discovered earlier this year, research at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has revealed that new iron-based superconductors share similar unusual magnetic properties with previously known superconducting copper-oxide materials. The research appears in the May 28 Advanced Online Publication of the journal Nature.
By Commerce Newswire | May 28, 2008
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking participants for its next Text Retrieval Conference-TREC 2008. TREC is an annual evaluation campaign that provides the infrastructure for large-scale testing of search technology. Its purpose is to encourage more powerful, faster and...
