The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded more than $123 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grants to support the construction of new scientific research facilities at 11 universities, the department recently announced.
The research performed at such facilities ranges from off-shore wind power and coral reef ecology to quantum physics and nanotechnology. The 12 projects will launch more than $250 million in new laboratory construction projects beginning soon, the release said.
