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NIST Profile on Responsible Use of PNT Services

Tue, Sep 15 - Wed, Sep 16 2020

September 15, 2020: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT September 16, 2020: Breakout sessions (option of a 1 hour session between

Edward Vicenzi Honored by the Microanalysis Society

Edward Vicenzi is a NIST associate and research scientist at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum Conservation Institute (MCI). His work involves using microbeam techniques to study of museum specimens and related materials to understand their...

Platform for Realizing Integrated Molecule Experiments (PRIME)

PRIME (Platform for Realizing Integrated Molecule Experiments) aims to establish primary, quantum-based realizations for both the radiometric watt and kelvin

Flexible and Printed Electronics Project Alumni

Outside NIST Felicia Bokel Brian Collins Jon Downing David Germack Matthew Hammond Michael Heiber Leah Lavery Ming Liu Marla McConnell...

Making the DNA Melt Curve More Accurate

August 18, 2020

DNA is not only the blueprint of life; it has become the backbone for making tiny structures that can be inserted into the human body to diagnose and treat...

NIST Asks A.I. to Explain Itself

August 18, 2020

It’s a question that many of us encounter in childhood: “ Why did you do that?” As artificial intelligence (AI) begins making more consequential decisions that...

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Garcia Receives Emmy® Award for Video, “Preserving the JFK Assassination Bullets”

Few events in American history have been the focus of continuing public interest like the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The National Archives gets numerous requests for access to these artifacts every year, but repeatedly removing them...

Brunner, Garcia, Gerskovic and Stewart Receive Emmy® Awards for Video, "Rethinking Manufacturing"

"Rethinking Manufacturing" is the story of two young individuals who are on the cutting edge of the new advance manufacturing revolution. With support from America Makes (the first Manufacturing USA institute), Youngstown State University and the...

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A Light Bright and Tiny: NIST Scientists Build a Better Nanoscale LED

August 14, 2020

A new design for light-emitting diodes (LEDs) developed by a team including scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may hold the...

Resilient Cedar Rapids: Rebuilding Better Pays Off

August 12, 2020

Many cities in the United States have experienced or will experience devastating losses caused by a natural disaster. In the aftermath of a disaster, the...

IROS 2020 Robotic Grasping and Manipulation Competition: Manufacturing Track

Due to Covid-19, the competition is formatted to be remote and up to ten teams will be selected to compete. There will be two manufacturing...

National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week: Call for Commitments

August 11, 2020

We invite you to join us in observing National Cybersecurity Career Awareness Week November 9-14, 2020 2020 Call for Commitments - Open Now Read More The...

Zero Trust Architecture: NIST Publishes SP 800-207

August 11, 2020

NIST announces the final publication of Special Publication (SP) 800-207, Zero Trust Architecture, which discusses the core logical components that make up a...

MEP National Network Update Meeting

Wed, Sep 23 2020, 1:00 - 4:30pm EDT

A digital object is composed of Data, Metadata, Protocols & Operations, and Persistent Identifiers.

Facilitating the Adoption of FAIR Digital Objects in Materials Science and Engineering

With the increasing use of data-driven methodologies, concerns around data discovery, data access, and data interoperability remain at the forefront

AI Standards Development Activities with Federal Involvement

The information provided here are SDO committees that are active in the development of AI standards and have active federal participation...

NIST Vehicle Teleoperation Forum

Fri, Nov 13 2020, 9:00am - 6:20pm EST

Join NIST on Friday, November 13, 2020 for a full day virtual forum designed to bring leaders industry, academia, and

Michael Donahue Awarded 2020 Excellence in Research in Applied Mathematics Award

For excellence in applied mathematics, leading to new tools for modeling and simulation which have transformed research into nanoscale magnetic films, structures and devices.

Lisa Carnahan Awarded 2020 Leadership in IT Standards for Industry Award

For her national and international leadership in IT research and development for cybersecurity, privacy, health care testing infrastructure, standards, and conformance testing.

Elham Tabassi Awarded 2020 Excellence in Research in Computer Science Award

For outstanding contributions and leadership in computer vision, fingerprint image analysis, facial recognition algorithms, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Measuring the Sensitivity of COVID Tests With New Material From NIST

August 6, 2020

NIST researchers have produced synthetic gene fragments from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This material

2020 Excellence in Research in Physical Science - John Villarrubia

For elucidating the physics of probe-sample interactions in scanning electron and atomic force microscopes for enabling accurate metrology of nanostructures to meet nanoelectronics manufacturing demands.

Spin Wave Detective Story Redux: NIST Researchers Find More Surprising Behavior in a 2D Magnet

August 4, 2020

A few months ago, a team of scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reported something surprising about a 2D magnetic material...

Gut Microbiome Metabolomics Interlaboratory Program

OSAC Newsletter - Summer 2020

NIST Workshop: Launch of the Rapid Microbial Testing Methods Consortium

Thu, Sep 17 2020, 1:00 - 5:00pm EDT

Report from the NIST Workshop: Launch of the Rapid Microbial Testing Methods Consortium NIST is establishing a Rapid

IEG: Iris Camera Selection Guidance-Government

Description (current as of January 2021): This is an ongoing discussion of camera selection guidance for USG staff and members of local and...

IEG: Iris Examiner Training Discussion

Description (current as of January 2021): This is an ongoing discussion of training and procedures for human iris image examiners who might...

Ion Mobility Spectrometry

Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS) is widely used for national security and law enforcement, placed at key transportation checkpoints such as airports and border

Standards Open for Comment

open for comment at OSAC The following OSAC Proposed Standard is being considered for submission to an SDO. The final draft provided to the...

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