By Porter Wright on “The New Steel? Enabling the Carbon Nanomaterials Revolution: Markets, Metrology, Safety, and Scale-up” is a workshop to be held on February 28th and March 1st, 2011, at NIST’s Gaithersburg, Maryland facility. NIST has assembled an outstanding roster of speakers from industry, academia and government to address the full spectrum of issues, including a special panel on … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Late last week, the National Institute for Standards and Technologies (NIST) issued a call for white papers “to support, promote, and accelerate innovation in the United States through high-risk, high-reward research in areas of critical national need." The call was issued through NIST’s Technology Innovation Program (TIP), and covers a multitude of areas seeking coverage, including … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on Its Friday of a short week, so of course we’re getting a little goofy. We ran across this story this morning and couldn’t resist passing it on. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting a nanosoccer tournament, of sorts.… Continue Reading