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Forensic Genetics

Goal: To support accuracy and reliability in the forensic DNA typing community through the production of reference materials...

A man with green gloves looks at an item under a microscope

Firearms and Toolmarks

Goal: To build a scientific infrastructure for objective forensic firearm and toolmark analysis with a rigorous evaluation of uncertainty to...

pink, turquoise, yellow, & purple fentanyl pills

Drugs and Toxicology

Goal: To both develop and facilitate the implementation of scientifically valid, robust measurement tools for the chemical characterization...

Digital and Multimedia Evidence

Goal: to promote efficient and effective forensic examinations of digital and multimedia evidence by addressing community challenges and...

Biometrics

Goal: To explore the intersection of biometric forensic science technologies and practitioners by creating research databases, expanding...

ACMD Seminar: Anderson Acceleration: Convergence Theory and Numerical Experience

Tim Kelley Dept. of Mathematics, North Carolina State University Tuesday, October 18, 2022, 3:00-4:00 EDT (1:00-2:00 MDT) Abstract: We will...

Workshop on Measurement Needs for Biofabrication of Tissue Engineered Medical Products

Thu, Dec 1 2022, 11:00am - 5:00pm EST

Quick Links Event Brochure Goal: discuss and identify measurement needs for characterizing biofabricated, tissue

NIST & the FirstNet Authority's Public Safety Immersive Test Center

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NIST Voting Project About Us

The 2002 Help America Vote Act gave NIST a key role in helping to realize nationwide improvements in election technology. We led the...

History of Voting at NIST

The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 was passed by the United States Congress to make sweeping reforms to the nation's voting process...

Public Safety Immersive Test Center

Collaborating with the FirstNet Authority to drive the future of public safety technology forward In spring 2022, NIST PSCR designed and...

ACMD Seminar: Using Topological Data Analysis to Reveal the Structure of Ecological Systems

Melinda Kleczynski Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, University of Delaware Tuesday, October 4, 2022, 3:00-4:00 EDT (1:00-2:00 MDT) A video of...

ACMD Seminar: Analysis of the modified Burgers equation on the half line

John Holmes Mathematics Department, Ohio State University Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 3:00-4:00 EDT (1:00-2:00 MDT) A video of this talk is...

Miniaturized Microwave Absolute Calibration

Small satellites have shown a significant promise at a fraction of cost and size as their performance is comparable to, if not better, that of conventional

Spotlight: Getting Wireless Devices to Share the Radio Spectrum and Work in Harmony

July 22, 2022

All wireless systems rely on the same radio spectrum, an information superhighway that can get backed up when too many devices attempt to access it.

Watch NIST’s ‘Atomic Television’ Live and in Color

August 17, 2022

Researchers have adapted their atom-based radio receiver to display live TV and video games.

First Responder UAS Triple Challenge – FastFind: UAS Search Optimized (UAS 3.1)

Challenge overview The purpose of the First Responder Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) FastFind Challenge (UAS 3.1) was to advance UAS...

2021 Nancy Grace Roman Technology Fellowship in Astrophysics - Jake Connors

Astrophysics in the far-infrared (30μm < λ < 300μm) is relatively unexplored as compared to the optical (Hubble), near- and mid-infrared

Raghu Kacker Named Fellow of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Dr. Raghu Kacker was chosen as a Fellow in recognition of outstanding contributions in enabling the field of combinatorial testing to become

Kamran Sayrafian Named Fellow of the Washington Academy of Sciences

Dr. Kamran Sayrafian was chosen as a Fellow in recognition of outstanding contributions to mathematical and computational modeling of Body

ManTech/Flyt

Team name Team ManTech/Flyt Awards UAS 3.2: LifeLink 2nd Place: $20,000 Total 3.2 Prizes: $35,000 UAS 3.3: Shields Up! Final Winner: $30,000...

EpiSci

Team name Team EpiSys Science (EpiSci) Awards UAS 5.0: First Responder UAS 3D Mapping Challenge Stage 4 – Winner: $30,000 Total 5.0 Prizes:...

CNA-RIIS

Team name: Team CNA Corporation and RIIS LLC Awards: UAS 4.0: First Responder UAS Indoor Challenge 5th Place: $25,000 Total 4.0 Prizes: $45...

ARCC

Team name Team Autonomous Robotics Competition Club (ARCC) from Penn State University Awards UAS 5.0: First Responder UAS 3D Mapping...

AMAV (UMD)

Team name University of Maryland (UMD) Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicle (AMAV) Team Awards UAS 5.0: First Responder UAS 3D Mapping Challenge...

Calibrating the Universe: Behind the Scenes, NIST Scientists Play a Critical Role in Improving Gravitational Wave Measurements

August 2, 2022

Space-time ripples, exploding stars, colliding black holes …. and the National Institute of Standards and Technology? NIST doesn’t exactly come to mind when