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In Search for Dark Matter, New Fountain Design Could Become Wellspring of Answers

November 27, 2020

You can’t see it. You can’t feel it. But the substance scientists refer to as dark matter could account for five times as much “stuff” in the universe as the...

The Case of the Cloudy Filters: Solving the Mystery of the Degrading Sunlight Detectors

March 25, 2021

More than 150 years ago, the Sun blasted Earth with a massive cloud of hot charged particles. This plasma blob generated a magnetic storm on Earth that caused...

Electronic Biophysical Measurements

Chipscale electronic devices such as field-effect transistors (FETs) are being developed for biochemical applications ranging from clinical diagnostics to

Por qué las máscaras con válvulas no disminuyen la propagación de COVID-19 (2 of 2): Una transcripción del video (incluyendo una descripción de las imágenes)

[0:00 – 0:10] Vemos imágenes paralelas de tres maniquíes frente a un fondo negro. Sobre la s imágenes están las palabras, “Técnica de...

Por qué las máscaras con válvulas no disminuyen la propagación de COVID-19 (1 of 2): Una transcripción del video (incluyendo una descripción de las imágenes)

[0:00 – 0:07] Vemos un cuadrado con texto que dice, "NOTA: Esta visualización de alta velocidad muestra el flujo de aire cuando se usa una...

Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry infogram

Methods, Software Tools, and Resources for Forensics Laboratories with DART-MS or other AI-MS Techniques

With increasing backlogs and more complex samples, forensic chemistry laboratories need new technologies that rapidly provide accurate results. Many

5710 Basic Uncertainty Concepts

Thu, May 20 2021, 2:00 - 4:00pm EDT

This 2-hour webinar provides a very basic introduction to uncertainty calculations and reporting using the 8-step

Circular Economy in the High-Tech World

Wed, Jan 27 2021, 10:00am - Thu, Jan 28 2021, 5:00pm EST

This workshop will convene stakeholders from across the electronics, battery, and solar panel supply chains to assess

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NIST AI System Discovers New Material

November 24, 2020

When the words “artificial intelligence” (AI) come to mind, your first thoughts may be of super-smart computers, or robots that perform tasks without needing...

Sample Holders

These tables illustrate a few options for holding SANS samples and which equipment those holders are compatible with. Sample Dimensions...

Shear and Rheology

Instrument Compatibility Equipment 10m SANS NG7 SANS NGB30 SANS VSANS USANS Anton Parr MCR 501 Rheometer X X X X Anton Parr MCR 301...

Magnetic Field

SANS magnetic field capabilities Horizontal Magnetic Field Instrument Compatibility 1 Equipment Max Field (T) NG7 SANS VSANS USANS 9T...

National Online Informative References (OLIR) Program: NISTIRs 8278 and 8278A Published

November 20, 2020

NISTIR 8278, National Online Informative References (OLIR) Program: Program Overview and OLIR Uses, describes the OLIR Program, what OLIRs are, what benefits...

Former Advisory Board Member: Ray Aguerrevere

Resigned from the Board February 2023

Temperature

Temperature Range Number of Blocks and Sample Positions Instrument Compatibility Equipment min (°C) max (°C) Qty. No. Pos. 10m SANS NG7 SANS...

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5 Organizations Win U.S. Department of Commerce’s 2020 Baldrige Awards for Performance Excellence

November 24, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a historic year for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award — the nation’s only presidential award for organizational performance...

NIST Genome Editing Lexicon

Genome editing technologies are transforming biosciences and biotechnology and are being actively utilized to advance product development including medicine

2020 Highly Cited Researcher - Wei Zhou

Recognizing the true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science™

2020 Highly Cited Researcher - Hui Wu

K9 Chemistry: A Safer Way to Train Detection Dogs

December 2, 2020

Trained dogs are incredible chemical sensors, far better at detecting explosives, narcotics and other substances than even the most advanced technological...

A new twist on measuring spin: NIST Develops Microresonator to Study Electron Spin in Small Volumes

November 17, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a device to detect a quantum property of electrons, known as spin, in...

Why masks with valves do not slow the spread of COVID-19 (2 of 2): Video Transcript (Including Description of Visuals)

[0:00 – 0:10] We see side-by-side images of three mannequins in front of a black background. Above the image are the words, "Light...

Why masks with valves do not slow the spread of COVID-19 (1 of 2): Video Transcript (Including Description of Visuals)

[0:00 – 0:07] We see a callout box with text that reads, "NOTE: This high-speed visualization shows airflow when wearing an N95 mask with...

MESA 2020

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 2020 Award Recipient, Small Business Download Printable PDF Highest-Ranking Official* Terry May...

GBMC HealthCare System

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 2020 Award Recipient, Health Care Download Printable PDF Highest-Ranking Official* John B. Chessare...

Updated Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity: NIST SP 800-181 Revision 1

November 16, 2020

New NICE Framework Released The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) released the first revision to the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity...

Elevations Credit Union 2020

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 2020 Award Recipient, Nonprofit Download Printable PDF Highest-Ranking Official* Gerry Agnes...

AARP

Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 2020 Award Recipient, Nonprofit Download Printable PDF Highest-Ranking Official* Jo Ann Jenkins...

IFPC 2020 Conference Presentations and Videos

Day 1 - 10/27/2020 11, Arun Vemury, DHS Science + Technology Directorate (US), Welcome + DHS context 12, Istvan Szilard Racz, EU-LISA: ...

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