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Engineering Standards News
August 1, 2007
ASTM Int'l Proposes Standard Test Method for Vascular Stent Radial Stiffness, Strength - ASTM WK15227
ASTM International Committee F04 on Medical and Surgical Materials and Devices is developing a proposed standard that will help the medical device ... more
August 1, 2007
ASTM Int'l Develops Standard for Glass Refraction, Dispersion - ASTM C 1648
ASTM International issued a standard that describes a variety of methods that can be used to determine the index of refraction and dispersion ... more
July 31, 2007
NIST Atom Interferometry Displays New Quantum Tricks
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) demonstrated a novel way of making atoms interfere with each other, recreating ... more
July 31, 2007
ISO Contributes to Social Responsibility, Sustainable Development
In a recent Global Compact Leaders Summit, the U.N. successfully created an international movement of companies dedicated to advancing responsible ... more
July 31, 2007
NIST Fluorescent Glass SRMs Become New Tool for Spectroscopy
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed two new calibration tools to help correct and validate the ... more
July 30, 2007
ISO Standard to Facilitate Traceability in Food Supply Chains - ISO 22005
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) released ISO 22005:2007 - Traceability in the feed and food chain - General principles ... more
July 30, 2007
ISO 14000 CD-ROM Includes Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting, Verification Standards
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) launched an updated CD-ROM collection of its ISO 14000 family of environmental management ... more
July 30, 2007
Frost: Demand for Cleaner Water Drives Desalination Technologies
The increasing need for clean water is the driving factor for advances in desalination technologies to purify water and wastewater, according ... more
July 30, 2007
Frost: Small Fuel Cells Market Thrives on Gov't Support, Demand for Reliable Backup Power
Enhanced government support, power deficits and advanced customer requirements are encouraging greater developments in the small fuel cells market. ... more
July 27, 2007
Health IT Experts Invited to Contribute to Standards Harmonization Effort
The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) is looking for qualified experts to participate in the development of a shared, ... more
July 24, 2007
NISO Launches Discovery to Delivery, Content & Collection Committees
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) created a Discovery to Delivery Topic Committee and Content and Collection Management ... more
July 23, 2007
USP Extends Deadline for Residual Solvent Standards
The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) extended the implementation period from July 1, 2007 to July 1, 2008 requiring all manufacturers to conform to recently ... more
July 23, 2007
U.S. Climate Change Science Program Releases Second Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) released the second in a series of 21 Synthesis and Assessment (S&A) reports. ... more
July 23, 2007
GAO: EPA, States Need to Take Further Action to Increase Public Health Protection with BEACH Act
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took steps to implement most Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health (BEACH) Act provisions ... more
July 23, 2007
EPA Seeks Comment on Design of Nanotechnology Stewardship Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting the public to comment on the agency's proposed approach to developing a Nanoscale ... more
July 23, 2007
WHO Adopts Guidelines for Smoke-Free Environments
The 146 Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) will begin negotiating a protocol on illicit ... more
July 17, 2007
Rail Safety & Standards Board Unveils Rail Industry Sustainability Review
A group of rail industry players in Great Britain launched The Case For Rail 2007, a sustainable development review of the mainline railways ... more
July 16, 2007
Cummins Powers Train Running in B20 Biodiesel Trial Program
Cummins powered a train in the U.K. to run on 20% biodiesel (B20) fuel in a trial program initiated by Virgin Rail Group Ltd. ... more
July 13, 2007
OASIS Forms Committee to Standardize Symmetric Encryption Key Management
The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) formed a committee to develop an open standard for managing ... more
July 10, 2007
NIST Finds New Approach to Testing Surface Adhesion
Polymer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) devised a convenient way to construct test surfaces with a variable ... more
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