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News**NIST Leads Federal Effort to Save Lives and Property from Windstorms**Release Date: 07/12/2016
 Congress recently designated the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to be the lead agency for the National Windstorm Impact ... **more**
**NIST 3D Ballistics Research Database Goes Live**Release Date: 07/07/2016
 It’s a staple of the TV-crime drama: a ballistics expert tries to match two bullets using a microscope with a split-screen display. One bullet was ... **more**
**U.S. Commerce Department Awards Small Businesses $3.3 Million for Innovation Research**Release Date: 07/06/2016
 The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced that 19 small businesses will receive nearly ... **more**
>> see all news ...Conferences and Events**ANSI-Accredited Group: ANSI R15.08, Subcommittee on Industrial Mobile Robot Safety**July 14-15, 2016
 On July 14-15, NIST will host the ANSI-Accredited Group: ANSI R15.08, Subcommittee on Industrial Mobile Robot Safety Meeting. The purpose of the ... **more**
**Energy and Electron Transport, Dynamics and Dissipation at The Nanoscale**July 18, 2016
 Modern nanofabrication and single molecule techniques have opened the door for an unparallel scientific field with challenging fundamental ... **more**
**NSF Ideas Laboratory at NIST: Measuring "Big G" Challenge**July 18-22, 2016
 Physics needs you to make one of the most difficult measurements. Yes , we mean you in front of the monitor. You do not have to have a background ... **more**
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