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Two vials, one with heroin and one with an equivalent dose of fentanyl, which is a much smaller amount.

New Protocol for Measuring Background Levels of Drugs in Crime Labs

September 25, 2018

When crime lab chemists handle evidence that contains illegal drugs, trace amounts of those drugs are inevitably released into the laboratory environment. When...

NCSI Seminar: The National Strategic Computing Initiative and Its Impact on Open Research and Engineering in Illinois and Beyond

Tue, Oct 9 2018

The National Strategic Computing Initiative was announced in July 2015 by the White House. In the intervening three

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Kick Off Event

September 20, 2018

The 15th annual National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) will highlight cybersecurity user awareness among consumers, students/academia and business...

Baldrige Program Seeks Candidates for 2019 Executive Fellows Program

September 27, 2018

The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program is seeking qualified candidates for the 2019 Baldrige Executive Fellows Program, a one-year, nationally ranked...

Conformity Assessment Resources for Federal Agencies

Publications NIST SP 2000-01: ABCs of Conformity Assessment (2018) NIST SP 2000-02: Conformity Assessment Considerations for Federal...

photo of NIST SRM 2460a, a bullet

NIST Updates Forensic Standard Reference Materials

September 19, 2018

At forensic science labs, analysts literally weigh the evidence. They also measure it in other ways. They use microscopes, DNA profiling kits, chemical...

NIST details plans for reviewing the scientific foundations of forensic methods

September 24, 2018

NIST has published Draft NISTIR 8225, Scientific Foundation Reviews. This publication describes NIST’s approach to conducting scientific foundation reviews...

Two graphics of stylized keys facing opposite directions float in front of a background of blue 1s and 0s

NIST’s Encryption Standard Has Minimum $250 Billion Economic Benefit, According to New Study

September 19, 2018

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a study that estimates a $250 billion...

CDCS Discussion Forum

A Google Group has been established for discussion/questions about the CDCS systems developed by NIST. A Google account is required for...

NIST Researchers Receive 2019 ACS National Award

For developing the metrology ecosystem that was critical to improving chemically amplified photoresist formulations, enabling sub-100 nm lithographic patterning strategies, and realizing high performance semiconductors. The award will be...

CDCS Documentation

MDCS 2.0 User Manual CDCS Tutorials

Mr. Clyde Messerly - Assistant Director for Design and Construction in the Office of Facilities and Property Management

Clyde Messerly is the Assistant Director for Design and Construction in the Office of Facilities and Property Management. He is responsible...

CDCS Other Related Information

Coming Soon Development Kanban Board

CDCS-Based Services

https://mdcs1.nist.gov/ https://materials.registry.nist.gov/ http://imrr.bipm.org/ https://smstestbed.nist.gov/qdr/ https://jarvis.nist...

FAIR-Data Principles

These Principles were extracted from the paper: The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship Findability...

Ms. Anita Vanek - Director of the Business Operations Office

A nita Vanek is the Director of the Business Operations Office at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In this role...

Image: Pelco Easiglow Glow Discharge Cleaning System

NanoFab Tool: Ted Pella easiGlow Glow Discharge Cleaning System

The PELCO easiGlow Glow Discharge Cleaning System is primarily designed to clean and functionalize transmission electron microscopy carbon support films. A glow

NIST Releases Draft NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8222, Internet of Things (IoT) Trust Concerns

September 17, 2018

NIST has released Draft NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) 8222, Internet of Things (IoT) Trust Concerns, which identifies seventeen technical trust-related issues...

CDCS Features

Data Entry Use XML Schema to describe what are the data and how they are organized Dynamically generates a GUI for entering data...

CDCS Development Team

Development: Project Lead: Kevin Brady Project Team: Benjamin Long Guillaume Sousa Amaral Adrien Catel Philippe Dessauw Xavier Schmitt...

How Fair is that Fare?

New standards for distance measurements in app-based ride-hailing vehicles. When requesting pickup via mobile app, riders rely on the...

Joseph S. Broz, Ph.D. Vice President Strategy and Applied Sciences Department Head, SRI International

A theoretical physicist, Joseph Broz, Ph.D, leads SRI’s Advanced Technology and Systems Division (ATSD) in Applied Science, government...

Dale Bentz Elected American Concrete Institute (ACI) Fellowship

For his outstanding contributions to the use of concrete materials, products, and structures in the areas of education, research, development, design, construction, and management

NICE Help

NICE (the Neutron Instrument Control Environment) is a software package developed in-house at NCNR for controlling the neutron instruments...

DATA REDUCTION

For experiments using neutron spin filters, software accounts for NSF time decay MACS Windows Linux TRIPLE AXIS Windows...

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The University of North Carolina received awards in 2014 and 2022. Lee College of Engineering NIST Standards Services Curricula Development...

Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State University

Oklahoma State University received awards in 2014 and 2017. Division of Engineering Technology, Fire Protection and Safety Engineering...

The George Washington University

The George Washington University

NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program Awardee (2014) GW Standards Education Initiative A collaboration...

Everett Community College

Center of Excellence for Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program...

University of Pittsburgh

School of Information Sciences NIST Standards Services Curricula Development Cooperative Agreement Program Awardee (2013) Standards: People...

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