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Gaithersburg

CANCELED - 2070 Balance and Scale Calibration and Uncertainties

Mon, Aug 3 - Thu, Aug 6 2026

This 4-day seminar will cover the calibration and use of analytical weighing instruments (balances and laboratory/bench

National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee

Tue, Sep 9 - Tue, Sep 16 2025

The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee advises NIST on carrying out investigations of building

MEP Economic Impacts Boost Business and Jobs

March 20, 2025

According to the MEP National Network TM Client Impact Survey, small and medium-sized manufacturers that work with their local Manufacturing Extension...

Peter J. Mohr Named 2024 AAAS Fellow

For calculating fundamental quantum electrodynamical effects in atoms, leading the revision of the International System of Units, and providing the scientific community with adjusted values of the fundamental constants of nature.

Metric System Estimation

Description and Purpose: The International System of Units (SI), commonly known as the metric system, is easy to use and learn when taught...

NanoFab Tool: Reactive Ion Etcher Oxford RIE PlasmaPro 80

The Oxford RIE PlasmaPro 80 etcher is a versatile parallel plate plasma etching system which uses ionized fluorocarbon and oxygen gases to etch Si, SiO2 and

On-silicon Metrology

Summary Leveraging traditional semiconductor circuits on silicon chips offers new possibilities for advanced measurement capabilities. Small...

Prototyping Platforms for Emerging Technologies

Prototyping is the critical step that links research and development to product commercialization, but the cost and expertise required to build prototypes

FireLiDAR

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

Integrated Testbeds for Advanced Metrology

As the demand for computation grows, new materials and devices are being identified with the potential to provide energy-efficient primitive operations

Hardware Accelerators for Neural Networks

With the rise of artificial intelligence and its insatiable demand for low-energy, high performance computing, research is focusing on emerging technologies

Natural Gas Flow Calibration Service

Name(s) of Calibrations/SRMs/SRD/SRIs and any related programs: NIST Special Tests for Natural Gas Flow (18080S) Summary The Fluid Metrology Group (FMG)

Hardware Accelerators for Statistical Computing

We are aiding the development of hardware accelerators for broad classes of hard problems. For many hard computational problems, it can be efficient to find the

Assuring the Accuracy of Metabolite Measurement and Identification

March 18, 2025

This reference material is intended to be used as quality assurance/quality control material for laboratory metabolomic measurements. Products of metabolism act...

NIST Researcher Describes Data Considerations for Industrial Artificial Intelligence

February 1, 2025

In February 2025, NIST researcher Dr. M. Sharp published the second installment of a 4-part Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) manufacturing innovation...

NIST Publishes Electromagnetic Interference Dataset from TIG Arc Welding

February 1, 2025

The NIST Industrial Wireless System team has published a new dataset titled "Electromagnetic Interference Measurements from Tungsten Inert Gas (TIG) Arc Welding...

NIST-Led Industrial Wireless Standard IEEE 3388 Passes Important Review Steps

February 1, 2025

For several years, NIST’s Industrial Wireless Systems Project Leader Rick Candell and his team have led the working group developing the draft IEEE 3388...

NIST Researchers Showcase Successful mmWave Industrial IoT Measurement Capability

February 1, 2025

On February 5, 2025, NIST researchers presented the results of their highly successful Innovation in Measurement Science (IMS) project, “The World’s Best IIoT...

NIST Researchers Publish Comprehensive Survey on Entanglement Routing in Quantum Networks

February 1, 2025

In a recent paper titled "Entanglement Routing in Quantum Networks: A Comprehensive Survey," published in IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering, researchers...

Neutron Imaging Detector Suite

The most commonly used detector at the NIST imaging beamlines is a lens coupled camera detector box shown in Figure 1. The spatial resolution and field-of-view

The Solid-State NMR Facility

The newly renovated solid-state NMR facility at the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory houses two spectrometers, 300 MHz and 100 MHz, primarily used for

example of light propagating with different values of OAM

Structure Neutron Waves: Generating and Detecting Neutrons with Orbital Angular Momentum

Structured waves for optics, electrons, and atoms have been becoming increasingly useful in a variety of applications including communication, microscopy, and

Interferometry: Three-Dimensional Visualization of Magnetic Skyrmions

Magnetic Skyrmions, with a topological charge of one, are inherent stability and are an ideal candidate for next-generation low-power electronics. We have

Resilient Infrastructure and Future Hazard Impacts: Windstorms

This project focuses on supporting NIST’s Forward Looking Building Standards efforts and identifying methods and practices for incorporating future hazards from

How to Change Default Outlook Calendar

Having trouble adding a OWM class or event to your Outlook calendar? Use these tips to make adding an OWM training class to your calendar a...

NIST Releases Reference Material to Aid Gut Microbiome Research

March 17, 2025

Researchers hope this material will help usher in a new era of diagnostics and treatments involving the gut microbiome.

Phase-Change Material Thermal Energy Storage in HVAC&R Systems for Utility Load Balancing

Nearly half of US states are currently generating more than 25 % of their in-state electricity from renewables, and grid stability is an issue important to both

Steel-Concrete Composite Floor (Test #3)

Test #3 was conducted to study the effect of enhanced slab reinforcement as well as unprotected secondary beams on the fire resilience of...

CTL Staff Advance O-RAN Standards

February 28, 2025

CTL staff made several technical contributions to the O-RAN Alliance face-to-face meeting on February 24-28 in the areas of security, testing, and RAN...

Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) Smoke Production and Exposure Mitigation

Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires generate significant smoke, but little is known about the smoke production rates and compounds found in the smoke when

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