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Why You Need Standards

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How Do You Measure It?

Finding PFAS Wherever They’re Hiding

Learn about what NIST is doing for the Champlain Towers South Collapse in Surfside, Florida.

News and Updates

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President Trump Secures $200B Investment from Micron Technology for Memory Chip Manufacturing in the United States

June 12, 2025

Trump Administration restores chipmaking leadership in the United States with historic investment in Idaho, New York, and Virginia.

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NIST Offers 19 Ways to Build Zero Trust Architectures

June 11, 2025

The examples use off-the-shelf commercial technologies, giving organizations valuable starting points.

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NIST and Partners Use Quantum Mechanics to Make a Factory for Random Numbers

June 11, 2025

Broadcast as a free public service, the beacon can be used anywhere an independent source of random numbers would be useful, such as selecting jury candidates

New NIST Standard Helps Deliver the Right Dosage of Cancer-Fighting Drugs

June 3, 2025

NIST is helping drug companies accurately measure the amount of radioactivity in their actinium-225 drugs.

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Taking Measure blog

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Shocking History: How a NIST Engineer Helped Create Lifesaving CPR

June 4, 2025

An electrical engineer who worked at NIST helped create the technique we know today as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR.

How NIST Helped Start an Industry: Our Role in Jump-Starting Quantum Information Science

May 28, 2025

While quantum technology may seem like a new field, it’s been around for a while and has a fascinating history — much of which involved NIST’s experts.

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles: NIST Edition

May 21, 2025

However you choose to get from A to B, NIST helped make your preferred mode of transportation safer and more standardized.

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Research-Based Practices Can Help Forensic Scientists Do Their Best Work

May 7, 2025

A NIST working group made recommendations to help forensic scientists work more effectively — with the goal of making the justice system more impartial.

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Public Affairs Office

Learn about what NIST is doing for the Champlain Towers South Collapse in Surfside, Florida.

News and Updates

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Meet NIST: Advancing The Science Behind The Science

Why Do We Use Atoms To Keep Time?

The Journey Toward Quantum Resistant Algorithms: NIST's Initiative

Taking Measure blog

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