News articles tagged with 'standard'
Standards education vital for global business needs, says Asia-Pacific Economic Group
— 17 Mar 2011 19:49 | TechnologyIn just a few months, millions of young adults will graduate from college and step into productive careers in the global economy. Meanwhile, those already involved in standardisation,…
New guidance issued for first responders collecting suspected biothreat agents
— 25 Nov 2010 17:33 | HealthSuspicious packages and powders have triggered more than 30,000 responses by U.S. law enforcement agencies across the country since 2001. These events are expensive, time-consuming…
New GSI website experience puts product standards on the map
— 16 Sep 2010 05:16 | TechnologyThose looking for the latest product standards-related news, regulatory developments, events and workshops around the world now can turn to the new Global Standards Information (GSI)…
NIST helps accelerate the federal government's move to the cloud
— 10 Jun 2010 10:09 | TechnologyThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been designated by Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra to accelerate the federal government's secure adoption…
Caltech scientists help launch the first standard graphical notation for biology
— 12 Aug 2009 09:56 | BiologyResearchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and their colleagues in 30 laboratories worldwide have released a new set of standards for graphically representing biological…
New wireless standard promises ultra-fast media applications
— 25 Jan 2009 16:38 | TechnologyRapid transfer of a high-definition movie from a PC to a cell phone - plus a host of other media and data possibilities - is approaching reality. The Georgia Electronic Design Centre…
Updated standards to reduce metal contaminants in prescription drugs
— 8 Dec 2008 07:22 | HealthPrescription medicines in the United States could soon have lower levels of potentially harmful metals, as the organisation that sets drug standards develops new limits for impurities…
RSC and ChemSpider develop InChI Resolver
— 1 Dec 2008 17:48 | ChemistryAn InChI Resolver, a unique free service for scientists to share chemical structures and data, will be developed by a collaboration between ChemZoo Inc., host of ChemSpider, and the…
Rescue robot exercise brings together robots, developers, first responders
— 26 Nov 2008 07:58 | TechnologyThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a rescue robot exercise in Texas last week in which about three dozen robots were tested by developers and first responders…
New standard provides assurance of quality to users
— 19 Oct 2008 17:10 | TechnologyThe National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University has earned an important international certification indicating that the service it renders to the world's…