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Software Tools

The Biosystems and Biomaterials Division (BBD) develops measurement technologies to bolster the bioeconomy and foster innovation. To support...

Facial Recognition Technology (FRT)

February 6, 2020

Introduction Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Rogers, and Members of the Committee, I am Chuck Romine, Director of the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL)...

Write-Protected Drives

DHS Reports -- Test Results for Write-Protected Drives (Find all DHS Reports here) The Federated Testing Hardware Write Block test suite is...

PSCR Differential Privacy and Synthetic Data Workshop

Thu, Apr 9 2020

NIST is closely monitoring guidance from Federal, State, and local health authorities on the outbreak of COVID-19. To

An In-Depth Look Into Intellectual Property: Part Three

February 4, 2020

The NIST intellectual property (IP) portfolio, like any resource waiting to be utilized, is filled with potential and promise. Proper management of IP is

Is it really that bright?

How many measurement scientists does it take to screw in an LED lightbulb? That LED light bulb you’re about to buy says it’s a 60-watt...

Electroacoustic Wave-Based Flow Sensors

Applications such as single cell measurements of protein content (e.g., antibodies, surface markers), low analyte concentration (e.g., biomarkers), and

Bioelectronic Sensors for Tissue/Organ-on-a-Chip Systems

The use of tissue/organ-on-a-chip systems is limited to endpoint and destructive measurements. Integration of electronic elements in these systems have proven

NIST Offers Strategies to Help Businesses Secure Their Cyber Supply Chains

February 4, 2020

Reducing the cybersecurity risk to one of the most vulnerable aspects of commerce — global supply chains — is the goal of a new publication by the National

Ocean Color

Ocean color radiometry provides essential information about phytoplankton concentration and dissolved organic matter, and hence about primary productivity

2020 National Cohort of the Association for Women in Science’s STEM to Market Accelerator Program

January 29, 2020

Applications are now open for the 2020 National Cohort of the Association for Women in Science’s (AWIS’) award-winning STEM to Market (S2M) Accelerator program

STM image of electrons in two coupled quantum dots

What a Pair! Coupled Quantum Dots May Offer a New Way to Store Quantum Information

January 29, 2020

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have for the first time created and imaged a novel pair of quantum

Archived Mobile Specs and Test Plans

Archived Mobile Specs and Test Plans Mobile Device Tool Specification - (Version 2.0, March 2016) Mobile Device Tool Test Assertions and...

NICE Webinar: The Intersection of the Privacy and Cybersecurity Workforce

Wed, Feb 19 2020, 2:00 - 3:00pm EST

The PowerPoint slides used during this webinar can be downloaded here. Speakers: Katie Boeckl Privacy Risk Strategist

A woman holds a cellphone with a bullet hole in it.

NIST Tests Forensic Methods for Getting Data From Damaged Mobile Phones

January 28, 2020

Criminals sometimes damage their mobile phones in an attempt to destroy evidence. They might smash, shoot, submerge or cook their phones, but forensics experts

BT-7 Photos

Right-click to save these images on your own computer Photo by Robert Rathe BT-7 with 3He top loading sample environment system. BT-7 with...

Biometrics at NIST

Biometrics is the measurement of physiological characteristics like – but not limited to – fingerprint, iris patterns, or facial features...

Personal Identity Verification (PIV)

Close to five million PIV Cards today provide multifactor authentication to federal IT resources and facilities. The Standard behind these...

Roadmap: FIPS 201 Personal Identity Verification (PIV)

Beyond FIPS 201 Revision 3 – Updating PIV associated Guidelines FIPS 201, Personal Identity Verification (PIV) for federal employees and...

NCCOE Identity and Access Management

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence has several projects related to Identity and Access Management: Digital Identities - Mobile...

NIST Special Publication 800-63 Digital Identity Guidelines

NEW! Digital Identity Guidelines , Revision 4 NIST Special Publication 800-63, Digital Identity Guidelines, Revision 4 has been published...

ACMD Seminar: Electromechanics of Soft Materials

Luis Dorfmann Department of Civil Engineering, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 3:00–4...

New NIST Tool for Estimating Manufacturing Industry Costs (Beta version)

January 24, 2020

It might seem that estimating manufacturing industry costs (e.g., total machinery maintenance costs for all manufacturers) would be easy and have a great deal

New Tool to Account for Uncertainty

January 20, 2020

Cost examinations often run into the challenge of data uncertainty, where variables in the calculation (e.g., price of gasoline) will fluctuate over the study

Inadequate Modeling Data Costs Billions to US Manufacturers

February 12, 2020

Modeling data can reduce redundant design and production activities which include an estimated $8.4 billion spent on engineers answering questions and creating

Evidence Suggests Increased Flow Time Suppressed US Manufacturing Productivity

Between 2005 and 2016, US multifactor productivity declined an average 0.3 % annually. Some debate has ensued about the cause of this decline or whether there

Manufacturing GDP Returns to Pre-Recession Levels, Employment Remains Down 10 %

January 24, 2020

Each year, the NIST Applied Economics Office assembles a report that examines public data on US manufacturing. The most recent report identified that US

Potential Cost Savings as US Manufacturers Spend Billions on Machinery Maintenance

June 24, 2021

As discussed in NIST AMS 100-18 , the cost of machinery maintenance is not well understood; however, Census data estimates that $50 billion was spent on

Two hands in purple gloves hold onto butane lighters, which are being used to light up two cigarettes poised in a metal device.

Butt Emissions: Study Finds Even Extinguished Cigarettes Give Off Toxins

January 29, 2020

Cigarette butts pile up in parks, beaches, streets and bus stops, places where all types of littering are frowned upon. An estimated more than five trillion

NIST Economics Hits the Additive Manufacturing Spotlight

July 23, 2019

In late 2014, the Applied Economics Office (AEO) published NIST Special Publication (SP) 1176 , “Costs And Cost Effectiveness of Additive Manufacturing.” For

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