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NIST MEP – FDA MOU Executed to Support U.S. Food Manufacturing and Improve Food Safety

August 8, 2019

On August 2, 2019, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was executed between the U.S Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

A Safer Way for Police to Test Drug Evidence

September 17, 2019

Scientists have demonstrated a way for police to quickly and safely test whether a baggie or other package contains illegal drugs without having to handle any...

Probing the Origin of Alzheimer’s . . . with Transistors

August 7, 2019

A prime suspect in the onset of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases is a normally benign enzyme that is essential to proper development of the nervous system...

Newfound Superconductor Material Could Be the ‘Silicon of Quantum Computers’

August 15, 2019

A potentially useful material for building quantum computers has been unearthed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), whose scientists...

Materials Research & Measurement Needs for Ceramics Additive Manufacturing

Wed, Nov 13 - Thu, Nov 14 2019

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold a workshop on “Materials Research & Measurement

OSAC Standards Bulletin, August 2019

August 6, 2019

This Bulletin provides an update on forensic science standards moving through the development process at Standards Developing Organizations (SDOs), and those...

Montage of photographs depicting eggs, almonds, grain, milk, strawberries, fish, peanuts, and soybeans.

NIST Food Protein Allergen Program

The NIST Food Protein Allergen Program is focused on providing reference materials and methods to improve the connection between the measured protein food

Human Factors in Smart Home Technologies

Tue, Sep 24 2019

Internet of Things (IoT) smart home technologies are becoming more pervasive both in private homes and within

Proyectos

*Caracterización del peligro: El objetivo de este proyecto es caracterizar el entorno eólico asociado con el impacto del huracán María en...

Dr. Nicole L. Ritzert is pictured in her ADA lab.

NIST Continues 1920s CRADA Partnership with the American Dental Association

August 1, 2019

The interagency research, which has led to dental products such as tooth-colored composites, the front surface dental mirror, the panoramic x-ray machine...

NIST Releases Draft Security Feature Recommendations for IoT Devices

August 1, 2019

Appliances from refrigerators to thermostats are now available in models that interact with a wireless network, making them easier to control with a computer or...

Construction

Original construction Original building...

NIST Awards $1,074,000 to the MEP Center in Michigan

August 1, 2019

The U.S Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) has made one (1) cooperative...

Hoja informativa del programa

Huracán María en Puerto Rico: Los Investigadores del NIST estudian lo que sucedió y recomendarán mejoras ( PDF Version ) Antecedentes y...

Huracán María

English website Julio 2025: NIST ha publicado una actualización en video sobre su estudio de los impactos del huracán María en Puerto Rico...

Definition of Manufacturing-related R&D

Manufacturing innovation is fostered by research and development of technologies that are aimed at increasing the competitive capability of...

A woman works at a metal machine with a radioactivity warning sticker

Standards for Nuclear Medicine

Tens of millions of U.S. citizens annually undergo medical imaging scans that use radioactive tracers to highlight areas of interest in the...

Talks

Autoridad del NIST

Ley Nacional del Equipo de Seguridad en la Construcción Ley Nacional del Equipo de Seguridad en la Construcción ( NCST ), firmada como ley...

External Beam Radiotherapy

Radiation therapy with external radiation beams, in which a beam of radiation is aimed at a particular part of the body, is a common type of...

Neutron Spin Filters

In the mid-2000s, NIST researchers constructed new facilities in the Radiation Physics Building to produce gas-filled cells known as neutron...

Registration Open: NICE Conference and Expo November 18-20 in Phoenix, Arizona

July 30, 2019

Registration is Open! 2019 NICE Conference & Expo November 18 - 20, 2019 Sheraton Grand Phoenix | Phoenix, AZ The annual NICE Conference and Expo...

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Hazards From Radioactivity in the Environment

Public awareness of the hazards of radioactivity arrived with the nuclear age in the 1940s, followed by concern about radioactive fallout...

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Nuclear Theory and Radiation Data

The Nuclear Theory and Data Group was originally formed at NIST’s Washington, D.C., site by the eminent 20th-century physicist Ugo Fano. By...

Equipo Huracán María

Equipo Nacional de Seguridad en la Construcción Joseph Main (Líder) El Dr. Joseph A. Main es un ingeniero estructural investigador en el...

Radiation Detection Standards for Homeland Security

After the September 11, 2001, attacks, the fear that nuclear materials could be smuggled in one of the millions of storage containers that...

Paul Witherell was accepted into the ASME 2016-2017 Early Career Leadership Intern Program to Serve Engineering

Recognized as a promising early career and future leader in mechanical engineering

Manganese Bath Facility

The manganese sulfate bath facility in Building 245 provides a method for accurately measuring the rate of neutron emissions from a...

Moneer Helu is Awarded the NAE 2019 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Recognized as an outstanding early career engineer invited to an intensive symposium to facilitate cross-disciplinary exchange in order to sustain and build US innovative capacity

Shaw Feng Receives ASTM Award of Appreciation

Recognized for contributions towards the standardization of key performance indicators in sustainable manufacturing in ASTM E60.13

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