NIST Tech Beat, Archives

	Oct. 14, 2004--Super Slow Light May Help Speed Optical Communications, NIST Fire Data/Simulations Aid Chicago Fire Investigation, Protecting Industrial Networks from Cyber Attacks, Baldrige Award for Non-Profits Approved, Mass Metrology CD-ROM Now Available in Spanish, Phoha Named New Director of NIST’s Information Technology Lab
	Sept. 28, 2004--World Trade Towers Design Exceeded Wind Load Codes, Studying the Chemistry of Drugs in Wastewater, Fire Prevention Tips for Saving Lives, Helping Investigators Gather Crime Evidence from PDAs
	Sept. 14, 2004--Scientists Tame 'Hip Hop' Atoms, A Simpler Design for X-Ray Detectors, Emergency 'Shoelacing' for Fractured Phone Systems, Protecting Buildings from Airborne Threats, Testbed to Link Metrology Tools/Software
	Aug. 30, 2004--Chip-Scale Atomic Clock Unveiled by NIST, Software Difficulties Cost Builders Billions, Patented Process Preserves Transplant Tissues/Organs, Scientists Observe 'Atomic Air Force', Supercool! Model Unscrambles Complex Crystallization Puzzle, New Microfluidic Device Tackles Tough Synthesis Tasks, Lighting the Way to Better Nanoscale Films
	Aug. 13, 2004--Carbon Nanotubes Eliminate Manufacturing Woe, Going to Mercury? Don’t Leave Home Without a NIST Calibration, New NIST Guide Helps Book’em on Digital Evidence, Plan to Reform, Strengthen NIST MEP Announced, Forum on Vehicle Scale Shipment Accuracy
	July 30, 2004--Lab Experiments Simulate House-to-House Fire Spread, Trade Center Analysis Classifies Victims’ Locations in Towers, New Way of 'Seeing': A 'Neutron Microscope', Something’s Fishy About New NIST Food Standard, Tackling Tough Problems with Reliable Computer Grids
	July 15, 2004--Fingerprint Matching Systems Highly Accurate, Study Finds, New Database to Help Develop AIDS Drugs, NIST Standard Adopted For Across-the-Road Radar, Cryogenics Research Yields Possible Cure for Arrhythmia, Twisting the Light Away, Method Tests Strength of Advanced Thin Films, A Safer Way to Make Metal Nanospheres, New Standards to Improve Measurements of Microdevices
	July 2, 2004--'Nanomaterial Yields Cool Results, WTC Investigation Identifies Standards, Codes Issues, Lack of Supply Chain Standards Costing Billions of Dollars, Measuring Artificial Viruses To Improve Disease Detection, Lasers Key to Construction, Manufacturing Advances
	June 16, 2004--'Teleporting' Quantum States From One Atom to Another, Keeping Drugs Stable Without Refrigeration, Quantum Mechanical 'Tune Up' for Better Measurement, Protecting Firefighters from Roof Collapses
	May 24, 2004--New Standard to Help Diagnose Heart Attacks, Scaling Friction Down to the Nano/Micro Realm, Developing Tools for Reliable "Gene Chip" Measurements, Reducing Standards-Related Barriers to Trade, New Security Certification Guidelines for IT Systems
	May 7, 2004--System Sets Speed Record For Quantum Encryption, Sea Turtle Health Linked to Contaminants, Uncertainty in Clinical Tests Raises Health Care Costs, Superconducting R&D Wire Achieves Major Milestone, Software Corrects Chip Errors Early, MEP Named as Finalist in Government Award, Two NIST Researchers Earn Presidential Honors, NIST/Chemical Safety Board Sign Agreement
	April 23, 2004--Portable 'Rainbow' Source Improves Color Calibrations, When Microns Matter: Web Site Smooths the Way, Improving Eye Patient Care With Telemedicine Standards, VA’s Newest Manufacturer Has Microscopic Product Line, NIST Supports Chip Group Data Standards Effort, Biomaterials Group Studies 3D Reference Scaffolds, Success Formulas Featured on Baldrige CDs, Videos
	April 9, 2004--DNA Research Highlights Prostate Cancer Mechanisms, Controlling Biomolecules With Magnetic 'Tweezers', New Tool Helps Builders Evaluate Terrorist Threats, Glowing Microspheres Improve Fluorescence Measurements, New Database Aids Medical Device Exporters, Ceramics Data Enter a New Phase
	March 25, 2004 -- World's Best "Rulers" Will Make Better Clocks, Standard Helps ID Fuels Used in Arson, Genes Appeared Before "Junk" DNA, Toolkit for Evaluating Public R&D Funding
	March 11, 2004 -- Method Produces Uniform, Self-Assembled Nanocells, Electronic Device Standards To Yield Choicer Chops, Delving into Defects Spurs Prospects for Chip Insulator, Homeland Security Standards Help State/Local Governments, NIST Study Helps Auto Engineers by the Numbers, Light Wave Measurements Make Circuits Better
	February 26, 2004 -- Current Smoke Alarms Pass Life-Saving Tests, Tagging Faulty Genes With Fluorescent Nanodots, Quantum Dots Deliver Photons One at a Time, Using Water as a Lens To Shrink Chip Dimensions, Standardizing Disaster Models To Help First Responders
	February 13, 2004 -- Laser Method Identifies, Counts Toxic Molecules, Testing Sticky Stuff With a ‘Fly’s Eye', Researchers Offer Tips For Longer Lived CD, DVDs, Demolition Tests Aim to Improve Emergency Communications, Federal Standard Issued For Improving IT Security, ATP Opens New Competition for R&D Projects
	January 30, 2004 -- New Form of Matter Created: A Fermionic Condensate, New Cryogenic Refrigerator Dips Chips into a Deep Freeze, ‘Kissing’ RNA and HIV-1: Unraveling the Details, Stirring Research Provides Recipe for Nanotube Success, NIST Neutron Researcher Wins Inaugural Society Award
	January 16, 2004 -- Cell Phone Still Too Big? Micro-Oscillators May Help, Advice for Designing Reliable Nanomaterials, New Standard on the Menu, Certified Slurried Spinach, Online Calculator Improves Analysis of Chemical Data
	December 19, 2003 -- Greeting Another New Year Without a Leap Second, Experts Stress Importance Of Holiday Fire Safety, Test Method Provides Biocompatibility ‘Barometer’, Low-Cost, Digital Displays Through Ink Jet Printing, Cone-Shaped Tool Aids Digital Projector Tests
	December 4, 2003 -- Microscopes Provide New View For Tissue Engineering, 2003 Baldrige Award Goes to Seven Organizations, Test Measures Compatibility of DVD Disks and Drives, Public's Help Requested on Rhode Island Nightclub Fire, Standard Helps Control Quality of Joint Replacements, Testing Rescue Robots At Arenas Around the Globe, Report Details Progress On World Trade Center Investigation
	November 21, 2003 -- Researchers Create Bose-Einstein 'Super Molecule,' X-ray Inspection May Meet Computer Chip-Making Need, Radio Waves Help See Moisture Inside Walls, Prospects Brighten for Future Superconductor Power Cables, Interactive CD-ROM Provides Mass Metrology Training
	November 6, 2003 -- Draft Federal Guidelines Issued for Computer Security, Agreements to Facilitate World Trade Center Study, Teaching Your Cell Phone Where It Is and How to Act, New Superconductor Study Confirms, Extends Nobel Theory, Md. Weathers Hurricane Isabel With Backup Fuel Cell Power, NIST Chemist Receives Rare Forensics Award
	October 23, 2003 -- NIST Director Urges Better Security for Critical Industrial Systems, Symposium to Address Voting Standards Issues, Developing Elevators that Function During Fires, Gauging the Economic Impact of Government R&D Programs, Only 15 Minutes of Life, No Fame, for Lone Neutrons, Two Extension Centers Help Manufacturer Get ‘Lean’
	October 10, 2003 -- NIST Physicist Wins MacArthur 'Genius' Grant, Helping Consumers Choose Among House Repair Options, Mimicking the Human Body With Carbon Black Polymers, Standard Improves Tests of Male DNA, Electronics Interconnections For Extreme Space Environments
	September 26, 2003 -- Cells Used as "Test Tubes" May Aid Pharmaceutical R&D, Rating the Performance of Residential Fuel Cells, Dual Microscopes Illuminate Electronic Switching Speeds, Metal Stamping Project Aims at Cutting Manufacturing Costs, Cases Protect Cherished Documents from Hurricane Isabel, Free CD Demystifies Complex Standards System
	September 10, 2003 -- Detecting Chemical Threats With “Intelligent” Networks, From Movies to Minutia: DVDs Eyed for Archival Uses, Software Opens the Door For Natural Ventilation, Sensor Company Flies High With Extension Center Help
	August 27, 2003 -- Recipe for a Shake Gel, Detoxifying Sediments With Electrons and UV Light, MEP Center Helps Maine Company Build Bright Future on the Past, With Neutrons, Partners Pursue The Scent of Success
	August 11, 2003 -- New NIST Facility Soon Will Be 'Reflecting' on Safer Signs, Finding Dirty Bombs and Other Radiation Threats, NIST Developing Virtual Reality Training Tool for Firefighters, MEP Helps Small Kentucky Firm Play Big Role in Defense, Single Photon Detector Conquers the Dark Side, NIST Helps Chip Industry Measure Features by Counting Atoms
	July 28, 2003 -- Standards To Help Manufacturers Measure Micromachine Properties, 'Liquid Lenses' May Shrink Feature Sizes on Microchips, Conference to Highlight Biometric Technologies, Standard Puts High-Speed Chips On the Fast Track, Fire Investigative Team Describes Progress
	July 9, 2003 -- Ultracold Experiments Pave Way for Super Molecule, NIST Assists Hollywood With Digital Cinema Study, System Helps Ensure Reliability Of Military Communications, Tiny Bubbles: New Tool in Chemical Sensing?, Dot, Dot, Dot . . . How Quantum Dots Line Up, Grants to Fund Development Of Novel Technologies
	January/February 2003 -- NIST 'Phantom Material' May Help Improve Metal Detectors, NIST Helps U.S. Capitol with 'Overhead' Problem, Improved Ocean Color Mapping When the NIST SIRCUS Is in Town, New NIST Standards Say 'Hairs' to Better Drug Testing, NIST/ISMT Laboratory Puts the 'Force' With Chipmakers, 'Stone Cold' Video Showcases NIST's Hunt for New State of Matter
	October/November 2002 -- NIST 'Pins' Down Imaging System for the Blind, NIST Helping Prepare an 'Out of This World' Atomic Clock, New Standard Helps Make Software Easier to Use, NIST Solving a Mystery Among Electrons, NIST Genetics Research Lends a Hand in World Trade Center IDs, NIST Micro-Positioner May Help Send Messages from the Stars
	July/August 2002 -- NIST Researchers Approach Non-Physical Standard for Kilogram, A Notary Public for the Digital Age, ATP Project Helps Solar Energy Home Operate on Ribbons, NIST Helps Make Criminal Hard Drives Become 'Hard Evidence', NIST 'Hot' Movies Help Optimize Sensors, New NIST Measurement System May Help Save Power and Dollars
	May/June 2002 -- Detectors Soon Will Be No Match for NIST-Tuned Radar Guns, NIST Chocolate Standard Raises the ‘Bar’ on Accuracy, NIST Chemists Define and Refine Properties of Plastic Microsystems, New NIST Booklet Tells How to Short Circuit Surges, Need the Time or Need to Know About Time ... Go to NIST!
	March/April 2002 -- NIST Creates ‘Magic’ Bullets (and Casings) Against Crime, Video Illustrates Impact of Sprinklers on Dorm Room Fires, Cutting’-Edge Technology to Better Shape Submarine Propellers, New Tool Promises Better Predictions of Gas Impacts, New Standards from NIST May Provide ‘All-Natural’ Benefits, New NIST Procedure Seeks Improved Diagnosis of Fragile X Syndrome
	January/February 2002 -- NIST Helps Ensure Well-Timed Sledding at Winter Olympics, New Web Page Highlights NIST Efforts in Homeland Security, New Evidence for Human Impact on Carbon Dioxide Levels, Award-Winning ATP Project Helps Manufacturers Get a Grip, NIST Helps U.S. Army Ensure Gas Mask Quality, NIST, Automakers Steer Clear of Info Highway Barriers
	November/December 2001 -- Ultracold Plasmas Are a Chilling Puzzle, A Trip to the ‘Library’ May Help Catch Computer Villains, New NIST Test Says ‘Y’ Be Uncertain about DNA Identification, New Imaging Tool Has X-Ray Eyes, NIST Named National Historic Chemical Landmark, Video Says ‘SURF’s Up’ Again for NIST Summer Student Program
	October 2001 -- New State of Matter Yields Nobel Prize for NIST Researcher, It’s a Dirty Job, But Somebody Has to Do It, NIST Helps Close Electronic Nooks to Computer-Using Crooks, Science Friction: Lubricants for Minuscule Machines, NIST ‘Microhotplate’ May Help Search for Extraterrestrial Life, Public Defenders Get Better Defense Against Stabbings
	September 2001 -- NIST Hair ID System May Help Put ‘Locks’ on Criminals, How Fast Does Fire Spread? See for Yourself in New NIST Video, NIST Standard to Help Satellite Correctly ‘See the Light’, Turning Seaweed into a Scientific Tool, Old Ticker at NIST Gets a New Lease on Life, Classroom Presentation on Cryogenic Magic Available
	July/August 2001 -- ‘Black Box’ Enhances Medical Decision Making: New Site Showcases NIST Connections in Your Community: Supercold Atoms Dance to the Beat of the ‘Bosenova’: Smithsonian Museum Opens Exhibit on NIST: Oklahoma Aircraft Repairer Soars to Success with MEP Help: NIST Gives Chip Makers the Edge by Smoothing Edges
	June 2001 -- From Curves to Corked Bats: NIST Helps America ‘Play Ball’, NIST, Partners ‘Booting Up’ Tomorrow’s Smart Workplace, Controlled Blazes May Help Make College Life Safer, NIST Biomedical Standards Say ‘Here’s to Your Health!’, From the Start, NIST Has Helped Optoelectronics Improve Our Lives, For the Time of Your Life, Call NIST
	May 2001 -- NIST Posts New Web Site: No One Over 18 Admitted!, Just Grape! NIST Excels in International Wine Testing, NIST Research Helps Create New Treatment for Abnormal Uterine Bleeding, No Cause for Alarm ... Unless It’s for Real, New System Being Developed to Detect Concealed Weapons, NIST Team to Keep the Feds Ahead of Cyber Dangers
	March/April 2001 -- Seattle Quake Lessons: Not Bad, But We Can Do Better, Bringing Polymer Patterns into Focus, Tiny Structures Are Focus for New NIST Facility, Putting a ‘Whisker-Free’ Face on Electronic Parts, ‘MEMS’ the Word for Newly Patented Device, On Top of Old Smoky, the Hot Water’s Courtesy of NIST
	February 2001--Getting the Better of Einstein--For Once, Students Help Renovate a Part of WWII--and NIST--History, XCALIBIR Cuts a Path to Advanced Microchips, Centers Can Help Small Manufacturers Save Energy, Dollars, Firefighter Rescue Devices Checked for PASSing Grade, 1904 Baltimore Disaster Made Standards a Hot Issue
	January 2001--Save Your Breath, Turn on the Propeller!, New Standard Test Methods to Keep Auto Industry in Top Form, Treadmill Manufacturer Slims Costs, Bulks Up Sales and Production, Brilliant X-Ray Beams Illuminate Microstructures of Materials, Reporters Invited to Help Celebrate NIST’s Birthday, Near-Centenarian Cast Iron Standard Still Going Strong
	December 2000--Arrest Free Radicals and Help Put the Cuffs on Aging, NIST Helps Make Benefits of Flat-Panel Displays Crystal Clear, Don't Just Fight Tooth Decay ... Reverse It!, Turning Tragedy into a Better Understanding of Radiation Effects, Party at Midnight on New Year’s Eve … Again!, December Milestones Lined the Path to Closed Captioning on TV
	November 2000--New Book, Web Site Chronicle 100 Years of Service to America, NIST Helps Ensure Well-Timed Sledding at Next Winter Olympics, Rebuilding Bone with the Help of Technology, NIST Designing Tests of Crash-Prevention Technology, The Right 'Combination' Unlocks the Door to Advanced Materials, Radiation Standards Helped X-Rays Do More Good than Harm
	October 2000--Everyday is SUNday Inside the Sphere, Live on the Internet, It’s the Panama Canal!, Louisiana Center Helps Houseboat Firm Sail on the Sea of Success, Mr. Gorbachev, Please Don’t Tear Down This Wall!, NIST Makes Measurable Improvements in Mammography, If the Phone Rings Before Dawn in October, Hope It’s Sweden Calling
	September 2000--Desert Wetlands? No Mirage, It's the Cutting Edge of Aquaculture, NIST Measurements May Give the Heave-Ho to Frost-Heaving Damage, Charters of Freedom Encasement Project Moves Forward, Tunnels Make Accurate Wind-Speed Measurements a Breeze, Montana MEP Center Deals Toilet Manufacturer a Royal Flush of Success, In the Rockies' Shadow, Boulder Labs Achieve Mountainous Results
	August 2000--NIST Simulates Urban Destruction to Test Mechanical Searchers, NIST Taming Atoms to Power Future Super Computers, One Modeling Software Does the Trick for Two Famous Structures, Chilly Willee Freezes Costs with Help from Illinois MEP Center, Quality Metal Detectors Are Easier to Find, Thanks to NIST, When Mother Nature's at Her Worst, NIST is Often at Its Best
	July 2000--New Technique Helps Retrieve Data from Damaged Magnetic Tape, NIST Joins Team to Standardize Cancer Screening Diagnostic Tests, New Library Will Help ‘Close the Book’ on Computer Crooks, ‘Tele’ Your Doctor How You Feel, Kneeling Soon May Be More Appealing for Firefighters, July Records Milestones in Time and Frequency Broadcasting
	June 2000--NIST Helps Washington, D.C., Plug a Few Leaks ... in the Capitol Dome, Better Protection for Our Protectors Nears Reality, Boss Hoss Cycles Kick Into High Gear, New Standard Keeps Computers in Sync for Complex Calculations, Practice Makes Virtually Perfect in Medical Simulations, Special Camera Followed the Sun to Opposite Ends of the Globe
	May 2000--Inventor Merged Three Technologies to Speed Mail Sorting, NIST Fingerprint Software Says Thumbs Down to Criminals, For Frequency Measurements, One Laser Is Better Than Several, Florida Firm Gets Lean with Help from MEP, Using Computers to Streamline Clinical Care—Finally, Huff and Puff and Shake ... The Houses Won’t Fall Down
	April 2000--Six Million Pounds of Quartz Help Keep America Mighty, Crime Labs Get NIST Help Analyzing Gunpowder and Explosives, High-Performance Car Engine? It’s Putty in Their Hands, MDs Rely on NIST Standards for New Cancer, Heart Therapies, Computer Programs Paint Fire by the Numbers, A Little OOMMF May Help Increase Computer Memory
	March 2000--Remembering the Beginning as NIST Starts its 100th Year, NIST Helps Building Join Ohio College Faculty, Study Shows Quality Pays for Software-Driven Devices, ATP Partner Moves DNA in the Right Direction, Helping Concrete Go with the Flow, Atoms, Check Your Engines!
	February 2000--Two Places at Once? NIST Shows It’s Only for Atoms, Presidential Initiative Seeks Funds to Squash Hackers, On Balance, MEASUREnet.gov May Be Best New Thing on the Internet, For California Confectionery, Life Is Sweet Once More, If It’s Warm Outside, It’s Not Midweek, New Registry Helps Developers Check IDs at the Door
	January 2000--Trapping Neutrons May Capture Bigger Prize—Peek at Big Bang, Using One Voice for Software Testing Creates Harmony for All, From Chocolate to Heart Proteins: NIST Sets the Standard,s Smile! New NIST Amalgam Material Contains No Mercury, A Laser Ruler for Paint Films, Neutrons Chart Smooth Ride for Automotive Springs
	December 1999--When It's Too Hot, Firefighters Turn to NIST, NIST Scales the Washington Monument ... Again, NIST Chemists Hit the Dirt, Proteins Hold Key to Curing Diseases, Bose Einstein Models Make Beautiful, Superfluid Images, Vehicles Measure Up Thanks to NIST
	November 1999--New NIST Device Turns e-Books into Braille, ATP Digital TV Project Goes on the Air, Chip Off the Old Supernova, Modern Technology May Have Solved Decades-Old Mystery, Minnesota Technology Helps Easy Systems Bring Home the Bacon, And That's The Way It Was
	October 1999 --New Web Site Puts Atomic Time on Your Computer, Two NIST Labs Help Chandra Explore the Universe, Tiny Forces to be Reckoned With, Telescope Mirror Born at NIST Goes Home to Ohio, Vitamin D Measurements Aid Polar Bear Cubs, Canton Cooperage Becomes the Toast of the Fine Wine Industry
	September 1999 --Advanced Encryption Standard Will Keep Your Secrets Safe, Light-Speed Communications Rely on NIST Standards, Vitamin Measurements Made More Reliable at NIST, Researchers Are Having a Ball with Round Molecules, 100 Millimeters Makes a Big Difference, Business Heats Up for Thermagon with Help from Cleveland MEP
	August 1999 --Precast Concrete Stands Tall in NIST Earthquake Lab, Neutron Beams Have the Power to Examine Batteries, Literature Meets Electronics in E-Book Workshop, 'Middleware' Lets You Write the Rules, Cool New Web Site Offers Physics History Lesson, Michigan Manufacturing Firm Is Ready for Y2K--Are You?
	July 1999 --Computer Networks Get Smart with Mobile Agent Technology, Companies Work to Exterminate Y2K Bug with NIST Assistance, Novel Optics Shed New Light on Medicine, Electronics, Lunar Reflector Still on the Job After 30 Years, Mystery Meat Makes Marvelous Measurement Metric, Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
	June 1999 --NIST Helps Keep New Safety Measure on Road to Reality, Grocery List Toppers Are Gaining Popularity in Chemistry Labs, Coming Soon to a Computer Near You: Smart Space Technology, Cop Cars Measure Up with New AutoBid Software from NIST, Controlling the Future of the Semiconductor Industry, Spark Detector Helps Predict Breakdowns
	May 1999 --NIST Tells Time--6.5 Million Times a Day, Speeders Beware: New Radar Harder to Elude, If You Design It Well, They Will Come, NIST Software Is Tops at the Earth's Bottom, Polyester: You've Come a Long Way Baby, Predicting Pollution's Potential
	April 1999 --Measure Mercury More Accurately with New Mussel Tissue Standard, Modeling Soldering: Scientists Tackle Tiny Trouble Spots, Molding the Future of Auto Bodies, Innovative Concept May Solve Composites Problem, Partners Pave Way for Advanced Space Observatories, Mini CAT Scans Check Out Circuits
	March 1999 --NIST Improves Accuracy of Radioactive Prostate Seeds, Charters of Freedom Slated for Move to Improved Cases, Hacker Attacks Increasing with Easy-to-Use Internet Programs, Ceramic Coatings Offer Promise of Superior Engines, Get Ready for the mebi, gibi and tebi, Genetic Bar Coding Speeds DNA Testing
	February 1999 --Tracking Construction Projects with Lasers Could Save Time and Money, New Method Lets Pig Clean Out Natural Gas Pipeline, NIST Produces New 'Internet in a Box', 'Giant Magnetoresistance' Coming to a Sensor Near You, Scientists Find New Use for Imaging Technique, Special NIST Offer--Titanic Video--Not Available in Stores
	January 1999 -- New Software Could Send Cost of Bridges Falling Down, NIST Develops Oxygen Liquefier Technology for Use on Mars, When the Dust Settles, New NIST Standard is Tops, Prolific NIST Researcher Crosses Scientific Boundaries, New Precision Manufacturing Technology Has Magnetic Personality, New Data Support Theory About Titanic Rivets
	December 1998-- Leap Second Scheduled for New Year's Eve, NIST Scientists Study High-Strength Concrete Failure in Fires, Want Your Medications Scrambled or Over Easy?, Is it Half Enough? NIST Measures Titantium-44 Half-Life, New Devices Might Bring Giant Advances, Do As the Romans Do ... or Don't ?
	November 1998 -- Silicon Carbide Smokes from Sandpaper to Stadium Displays, NIST Image Gallery Offers Colorful View of Microscopic World, Future Factories May Use 'Plug and Play' Systems, Technique May Help Industry Make Even Smaller Transistors, New Instrument to Help Prevent Soggy 'Chips', CDI Seals Up Profits with MEP Center's Help
	October 1998 --NIST Sponsors Historic Data Scrambling Battle, NIST Pioneers Testing of Smart Smoke Alarms, Polymers Could Be Key Ingredient for Advanced Microchips, NIST Robot Crane Soon May Weld the 'Hull' Thing, Scientists Go to New Heights for Better Radiation Detectors, Excalibur USA Cuts Inefficiency, Improves Productivity 63%
	September 1998 -- NIST Develops Instruments to Measure Rail Wheel Stress, NIST Writes the Next Chapter in Book Publishing, New Enzyme Structure Like Solving 30,000-Piece 3-D Puzzle, NIST Aims to Create THE Standard Bullet, Eyeball-Like Lens Systems May Improve Future Cameras, Tiny Particles Offer Big Benefits in Growing Market
	August 1998 -- Engineers Are Working Toward Designing A Better Handcuff, 'DNA Chips' and Tiny Tubes Make Genetic Studies Practical, NIST Software Makes Remote Computing a Snap, New Technique Helps Manufacturers Cast Better Dies, New Web Museum Exhibit Describes History of the Meter, No More Yucky Chemical Build Up
	July 1998 -- Measuring Mass: NIST Scientists Tackle Kilogram Problem, Shedding Light on Chilling Out, Super Insulation Keeps Its Cool, Outside Help for Deficient Bone Marrow Cells, NIST Helps to Answer a Siren's Call for Standards, Hands-On Help Puts Small Company in the Spotlight
	June 1998 -- Cops and Docs Find Evidence in the Other DNA , Less Shaking and Rattling on the Road, 'Catching the Wave' May Lead to More Solid Foundations, Chemists Help Achieve 'Artificial Photosynthesis', Wheelchair Company Rockets to Success with Center's Help, When at First You Don't Succeed, Try Again
	May 1998 -- Tiny Bubbles May Be Key to Future Electronics NIST Helps Slice Year 2000 Problems Down to Size, Nanowired! NIST Makes New Nanostructures, NIST Helps Wring Water Out of Walls Before They're Built, New Testbed Aims to Be Dimensionally Correct, New NIST Video Shows Hot Research on Cold Atoms
	April 1998 -- Scientists Working on Cold Probe for a Warm Heart, Aircraft Safety Measures Include Efforts to End False Fire Alarms, Measurements Go 'Down the Tubes', Composites Finally Get Some Respect, Economically Speaking, Global Network Technologies Meet the Red Brick School House, Hot Off the Press! Get Your Metric Poster Here!
	March 1998 -- 'Book 'em Nano !', NIST Makes Sure Windows in Space Are Reliable, Oh Baby! New Food Standards Improves Nutrition Labeling, Where There's Fire, There's Smoke, Babe and Friends Miss Cookies, Company Profits, Extremely Cold Refrigerator Goes on Next Space Shuttle
	February 1998 -- Atomic Clock in Space Will Raise Accuracy to New Heights, NIST Helps Light the Way to Safer Flying, Research Yields a Cool 433 Percent, Researchers Seek Greenhouse Gas Substitutes, Tiny Portals Could Open New Way to Sequence DNA, Even Packaging Needs Packaging
	January 1998--Physicists Probe Puzzles of Heavy Metal Stars, Dental Drilling Can Be Enough to Make a Tooth Crack, Interest Heats Up for Photovoltaic Water Heater, All Aboard! NIST Takes a New Look at Train Fire Safety, New Material Likes the Layered Look, New Web site Shows How NIST Is in Your City Every Day
	November 1997--Really Cool Laser Experiments Net NIST Physicist Nobel Prize... Please Pass the DNA Chips... Chemical Needles in a Haystack? Here's a 'Solution' Solution... NIST Marks 10 Years of Finding New Refrigerant Fluids... Fire Alarm System to Pack a Wallop... NIST Nanotechnologists to Get a 'Grip'
	September 1997--The Quietest Place on Earth... Rounding (Up) the (DNA) Bases in Record Time... Fire Research Tackles Perils of New Firefighter Technology... Cube-Shaped Carbon Molecules Don't Stack Up... Cholesterol Tests Are Much More Accurate Thanks to NIST... Agencies Cooperate to Boost Quality of Implant Materials