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Oct 15, 2024 | 
phys.org | Lawrence Goodman
When we think about the climate crisis, we tend to think big—it's a global problem that requires global solutions. But NIST scientists James Warren and Craig Brown also want us to think small, very small. They're thinking at the nano-level, which is anywhere between 1 and 100 nanometers.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | Lawrence Goodman
With cannabis now outpacing alcohol as Americans' daily drug of choice, there is a critical need for a scientifically validated breath test to detect the recent use of the substance in drivers. But developing such a breath test has proved a significant challenge.
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
msn.com | Lawrence Goodman
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Aug 24, 2024 | 
phys.org | Lawrence Goodman
For over a decade, scientists have made extraordinary progress on the long-held dream of fabricating an entire cell from nonliving molecules and materials. Such synthetic (or "engineered") cells would behave similarly to the ones in our bodies, though they would also have built-in safeguards that ensure safety and ethics.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
nist.gov | Lawrence Goodman
The new approach involves two breath tests separated by a specified time interval.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
phys.org | Lawrence Goodman
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is now selling a hemp reference material that will help laboratories accurately measure key components in cannabis plant products. This will help law enforcement agencies accurately distinguish between hemp and marijuana and will help manufacturers and regulatory agencies ensure that cannabis products are safe and accurately labeled.
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Jun 24, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | Lawrence Goodman
Chocolate-flavored pills for children who hate taking medicine. Several drugs combined into one daily pill for seniors who have trouble remembering to take their medications. Drugs printed at your local pharmacy at personalized dosages that best suit your health needs. These are just a few potential advantages of 3D drug printing, a new system for manufacturing drugs and treatments on-site at pharmacies, health care facilities and other remote locations.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
nist.gov | Lawrence Goodman
Chocolate-flavored pills for children who hate taking medicine. Several drugs combined into one daily pill for seniors who have trouble remembering to take their medications. Drugs printed at your local pharmacy at personalized dosages that best suit your health needs. These are just a few potential advantages of 3D drug printing, a new system for manufacturing drugs and treatments on-site at pharmacies, health care facilities and other remote locations.
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May 31, 2024 | 
phys.org | Lawrence Goodman
Imagine pulling on the long ends of a rectangular piece of rubber. It should become narrower and thinner. But what if it instead became wider and fatter? Now, push in on those same ends. What if the rubber became narrower and thinner? Such common-sense-defying materials do exist.
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May 30, 2024 | 
medicalxpress.com | Lawrence Goodman
In the fall of 2023, NIST's scientists in Charleston, South Carolina, received a special shipment of containers packed with baggies full of frozen human feces. Teams of scientists there and at an outside lab worked together to grind the material into fine dust and blend it with water until it had the consistency of a smoothie. It was then poured into 10,000 tubes and distributed among NIST's staff in Charleston and Gaithersburg, Maryland.
