With an estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste escaping to our oceans each year, plastic pollution adversely affects the environment, climate, and even our health. Many plastic products break down in the ocean and ...
Environment
Aug 15, 2022
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Genome editing can cure diseases, boost food production and open vast new fields of scientific discovery. But to realize its full potential, scientists need to precisely describe the details of their genome editing attempts ...
Biotechnology
Aug 11, 2022
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When building fences and landscaping their properties, homeowners should keep fire safety on the top of their minds, especially if they live in a wildfire-prone region, according to a new study.
Environment
Aug 11, 2022
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NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM) 3655 helps biopharmaceutical manufacturers perform measurements of glycan molecules in their protein drug products, including the monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that currently dominate ...
Other
Aug 3, 2022
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Atoms are notoriously difficult to control. They zigzag like fireflies, tunnel out of the strongest containers and jitter even at temperatures near absolute zero.
Optics & Photonics
Aug 1, 2022
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Measuring the numbers and properties of cells moving in a stream—a process called flow cytometry—is critically important to diagnostic medicine, pharmaceutical research and biomedical science. Now researchers at the National ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 21, 2022
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A new way of imaging concealed objects, devised by a researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and his colleagues, might take all the fun out of hide-and-seek, but could also help save lives.
Optics & Photonics
Jul 20, 2022
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A novel, quantum-based vacuum gauge system invented by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has passed its first test to be a true primary standard—that is, intrinsically accurate without ...
General Physics
Jul 15, 2022
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Geckos are famous for having grippy feet that allow them to scale vertical surfaces with ease. They get this seeming superpower from millions of microscopic, hairlike structures on their toes.
Materials Science
Jul 6, 2022
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Color these scientists happy. An exotic gel they studied at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has an unexpected property: The material's temperature determines which color of light can pass through ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 27, 2022
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