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Autonomous Formulation Lab

The Autonomous Formulation Lab (AFL) at NIST links AI-driven experimental planning with robotic experimental platforms and in-situ small-angle scattering (SANS

Computational Materials For Qualification And Certification (CM4QC)

A collaboration of aviation companies, research and regulatory government agencies, and universities that are developing a strategy for incorporating

Some Air Cleaners Release Harmful By-Products. Now We Have a Way to Measure Them.

September 2, 2025

Many types of air cleaners can generate small amounts of air pollution. Until now, there was no standard way to measure these negative by-products.

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2025 - Editors Best Original Paper Award---Linhua Tian, Paul DeRose, and Lili Wang

Linhua Tian, Paul DeRose, and Lili Wang of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory are co-authors, along with NIH researchers*, on a

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NIST Revises Security and Privacy Control Catalog to Improve Software Update and Patch Releases

August 27, 2025

The catalog revision is part of NIST’s response to a recent executive order on strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity.

ACMD Seminar: Towards Optimization of Monoclonal Therapeutic Drug Delivery Using a 3D Model of Cancer Immune Interaction

Jordana O'Brien Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo Tuesday, Sep 9, 2025, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00...

Cloud Usability Framework

Below are reports related to the Cloud Usability Framework Framework for Cloud Usability December 22, 2015 Authors: Brian C. Stanton, Mary F...

ACT-R Publications

An ACT-R Model of Elliptical Endpoint Error Distributions in a Mobile Touchscreen 2-D Fitts Law Task Published: 10/14/2014 Authors: Kristen...

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Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB) Fall Quarterly Meeting

Tue, Sep 16 - Wed, Sep 17 2025

Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB) fall quarterly meeting for members of the FSSB. Please note: This event is

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Office of Naval Research Program Review

Thu, Oct 9 - Fri, Oct 10 2025

The purpose of this event is to review Office of Naval Research (ONR) Multi-University Research Initiatives (MURIs) and

Electron Spin Resonance at the Single Atom Level

Electron spin resonance (ESR) holds the power to manipulate quantum states with exquisite precision. The technique relies on providing an oscillating magnetic

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Engineered Designer Lattices for Quantum Systems

Engineering programmable quantum materials at the nanoscale is a main challenge in quantum nanoelectronics. With recent advances in nanoscale patterning methods

Moiré Systems

Moiré quantum matter (MQM) systems consist of stacked and twisted layers of van der Waals materials and have emerged as versatile condensed-matter quantum

Measurement System Basics - SI and US Customary Units for Regulatory Officials

Description and Purpose: This 1.5-hour webinar will introduce the measurement systems commonly used in the United States, including the...

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New Technique for Measuring DNA Damage Could Improve Cancer Therapy and Radiological Emergency Response

August 21, 2025

The technology, which may someday be as portable as a smartphone, promises faster and more accurate measurements of radiation exposure, potentially saving lives

Vehicle-Tank and Loading-Rack Meters

Description and Purpose: At the end of this course, participants will be able to conduct an official inspection and test of vehicle-tank and...

Livestock and Animal Scales

Description and Purpose: This 3-day seminar will teach students how to properly inspect and test livestock and animal scales, i.e., perform...

Integer and Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

The physics of the quantum Hall effect (QHE), discovered in 1980, formed the basis of the initial concepts in quantum topological matter. The QHE also forms the

Topological Insulators

The concept of topological invariants in topological quantum materials represent a new way to classify materials. The emergent field of topological quantum

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NIST Researchers Develop More Accurate Formula for Measuring Particle Concentration

August 20, 2025

The new method will be useful in various fields, including nanomedicine, food science, environmental science and advanced manufacturing.

AM Bench 2025 Standards Plenary Speakers and Panelists

AM Bench 2025 is holding an embedded workshop on AM standards on Thursday, November 20. This workshop will include the following Plenary...

AM Bench 2025 Conference Plenary Presentations

In addition to plenary presentations by the AM Bench measurement teams, the following exciting AM Bench Plenaries are scheduled: Monday...

SUSHI@NIST: Rolling Next-Generation Secure Hardware into Standards

Wed, Jan 28 2026

Enhancing Hardware Security for the Future of National Defense and Emerging Technologies In an era of geopolitical

Graphene

The interest in using graphene as an electronic material arises in large part from the high speed with which electrons move through the material — approximately

Scanning Probe Metrology

Summary Underlying all information transfer and computation involves the movement and detection of electrons, which are the subatomic...

Benchmark Results for SPC/E Water

The purpose of these pages is to provide some explicit results from Monte Carlo simulations for SPC/E Water. It is intended to provide...

Siamak Sattar Receives the NIBS 2025 Innovator Award

NIST, FEMA, ATC, and STPI were awarded in recognition of their leadership and technical contributions to develop the NIST SP-1254 report to

Siamak Sattar and Dustin Cook Were Awarded the SEAOC Structural Engineering Excellence Award

Drs. Sattar and Cook were awarded in recognition of their leadership and technical contributions to a six-year project on benchmarking

NCAL: Materials Testing 2.0

Materials Testing 2.0 represents a fundamental shift in how we calibrate material models used in engineering. It leverages modern full-field optical strain

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