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Low-Cost NIST Demo Links Public Safety Radios to Broadband Wireless Network

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April 15 Update on the Status of the NCNR

April 15, 2021

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has released its interim special inspection report on the Feb. 3, 2021, event at the NIST Center for Neutron Research

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Low-Cost NIST Demo Links Public Safety Radios to Broadband Wireless Network

April 12, 2021

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a low-cost computer system that connects older public safety radios with the

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NIST Demo Adds Key Capability to Atom-Based Radio Communications

April 5, 2021

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have demonstrated an atom-based sensor that can determine the

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NIST ‘Agricomb’ Measures Multiple Gas Emissions From … Cows

March 31, 2021

After the optical frequency comb made its debut as a ruler for light, spinoffs followed, including the astrocomb to measure starlight and a radar-like comb

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Inaugural Space Cybersecurity Symposium: Access for Start-ups

Wed, May 5 2021, 10:00am - 4:00pm EDT

Cybersecurity measures and policies are ubiquitous in the design, development, delivery, and operation of components

Third PQC Standardization Conference

Mon, Jun 7 2021, 11:00am - Wed, Jun 9 2021, 3:00pm EDT

The NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process has entered the third phase, in which 7 third round finalists

14th International Conference on New Developments and Applications in Optical Radiometry (NEWRAD 2021)

Mon, Jun 21 - Thu, Jun 24 2021

NEWRAD will convene June 21-24, 2021 as a virtual conference. The format of the conference will be a combination of

2021 Disaster Resilience Symposium

Tue, Jul 20 2021, 9:00am - Wed, Jul 21 2021, 1:30pm MDT

The Engineering Laboratory at NIST, Gaithersburg, will be hosting its third annual symposium as a virtual only event on