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Shannon Duff Receives 2024 Arthur S. Flemming Award

Shannon Duff has received a 2024 Arthur S. Flemming Award in the Applied Science and Engineering category for her outstanding federal

2025 William E. Gifford Award - Ryan Snodgrass

Dr. Ryan Snodgrass is recognized for his outstanding contributions to the field of cryogenics, particularly in the areas of pulse tube

NIST PSCR Facilitates BroadImPort Project with Domestic and International Expertise

Advancing U.S. Public Safety Innovation: NIST PSCR Facilitates BroadImPort Project with Domestic and International Expertise

May 19, 2025

The Public Safety Research Communications (PSCR) Division is leading the charge in enhancing U.S. public safety communications. Through the BroadImPort project

About ITL

What ITL Does The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) is one of NIST’s six research laboratories that focuses on IT measurements...

Navigating Autonomy: NIST CTL and the Road to Trusted Autonomous Vehicles

May 21, 2025

The transition from automation to autonomy is a significant technological leap reshaping multiple sectors—most notably the automotive industry with the

CTL Metrology and Calibration Services

Metrology and Calibration Services at CTL The Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) at NIST plays a crucial role in advancing...

6G Communications Roadmap

CTL 6G Communications Roadmap

Overview The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) is advancing Sixth-generation...

CTL Spectrum Science Roadmap

CTL Spectrum Science Roadmap

Overview The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) is advancing spectrum science...

Bringing an Atomic Clock Back to Life

A journey to the heart of time puts NIST’s fountain clock back online.

New Atomic Fountain Clock Joins Elite Group That Keeps the World on Time

April 28, 2025

NIST scientists have published results establishing a new atomic clock, NIST-F4, as one of the world’s most accurate timekeepers.

CTL at NIST Sigma Xi Early-Career Poster Presentation

NIST CTL Showcases Early-Career Innovation at 32nd Annual Sigma Xi Poster Presentation

April 30, 2025

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) proudly participated in the 32nd Annual NIST Sigma Xi Early

ACMD Seminar: The Concept of Effective Resistance in a Directed Network

Fern Hunt Scientist Emeritus, Applied & Computational Mathematics Division, NIST Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00 PM MT)...

NIST USNO 2024 Archive

UTC (USNO) - UTC (NIST) The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) make...

NIST UTC 2024 Archive

UTC - UTC (NIST) The deviation of UTC(NIST) from UTC has been less than +/-100 ns since July 6, 1994. The table below shows values of UTC -...

Ann Chiaramonti Debay

2025 - Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers---Ann Debay

Dr. Ann Debay of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory has had remarkable successes in measuring the atomic makeup of advanced materials

ACMD Seminar: Accurate, provable, and fast nonlinear tomographic reconstruction

Sara Fridovich-Keil Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00-2...

plotted hydration shell results

Interfacial thermodynamics of 2D-materials-based nanofluidic systems

Controlled aqueous ion flow through nanoporous membranes is a critical function of protein ion channels, which ubiquitously control salinity in living cells

FireLiDAR

Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a powerful tool to precisely measure and track the surface geometry of solid objects. However, in...

Recommended Reference Materials for Phase Equilibrium Studies (IUPAC 2011-037-2-100)

The objective is to provide lists of recommended reference materials (primarily organics and common gases) with critically evaluated property values for phase

ThermoML-2017 Revision of an XML based IUPAC Standard for Thermodynamic Property Data (IUPAC 2017-016-3-100)

It is intended to update the XML-based dictionary for storage and exchange of thermophysical and thermochemical data based on fundamental principles of

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Good Reporting Practice for Thermophysical and Thermochemical Property Measurements (IUPAC 2019-013-1-100)

Thermophysical and thermochemical properties are frequently measured during scientific research funded by public money. While the primary goals may be different

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Supporting Scientific Reviewing of Thermophysical and Thermochemical Research Publications (IUPAC 2023-008-1-024)

The principles of Good Reporting Practice have been stated and justified in the IUPAC project "Good Reporting Practice for Thermophysical and Thermochemical

UV dual comb system

UV chirped pulse electro-optic dual comb generation

Dual electro-optic frequency comb (DOFC) methods are being developed to enhance detection sensitivity and speed for gas sensing in ultraviolet (UV) region. The

THz dual comb schematic

THz chirped-pulse electro-optic dual comb generation

Dual electro-optic frequency comb (DOFC) methods are being developed to enhance detection sensitivity and speed for (bio)molecular sensing in THz region. Phase

2025 Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis Prize - Jun Ye

The award acknowledges Ye's groundbreaking work in optical clocks and frequency metrology, which has significantly advanced precision

A first-ever comparison between National Metrology Institutes in the kW-power regime

March 5, 2025

NIST has continuously positioned itself at the forefront of high-power laser calibrations for over three decades [1]. To better meet needs of the manufacturing

Management Resources Leadership

Del Brockett Del Brockett is the Associate Director for Management Resources for the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of...

2025 SPIE Fellow - Jeeseong Hwang

For distinguished contributions in optics, photonics, and imaging.

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2025 Optica Fellow - David Plusquellic

For pioneering advances in electro-optic frequency comb technology from ultraviolet to terahertz frequencies for spectroscopy, molecular

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Management Resources is committed to providing comprehensive institutional support services that enable NIST and its organizational units to...

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