A workshop on the role of standards in the emerging field of nanotechnology will be held Oct. 8-9, 2008, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology near Washington, D.C. The workshop, "Enabling Standards for Nanomaterial Characterization," is being co-sponsored by the National Cancer Institute's Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and ASTM International.

 Topics will include the announcement of the results from three recent interlaboratory studies using ASTM nanotechnology standards (E2524, E2526 and WK8705). Visit the ASTM Committee E56 homepage for more information, or contact Tim Brooke at tbrooke@astm.org.