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ACMD Seminar: Modeling the Pathogenesis and Treatment of Diabetes

Dr. Arthur Sherman Chief, Laboratory of Biological Modeling National Institutes of Health Tuesday, July 17, 15:00 - 16:00 Building 101...

Compliance FAQs: Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)

This content last updated 07/03/2024. (Note: Content may not be the most current.) What are Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)...

Former Advisory Board Member: Patricia Moulton

Term Expired June 15, 2024

Accelerating Development of Large-Scale Structures

Goal: Create a consortium to develop technology roadmaps, advance technologies and accelerate development processes, maintain U.S...

Building a Photonic Systems Manufacturing Consortium

Goal: Address the technology gaps and challenges that are limiting the use of hardware technology for use in integrated photonic system...

The Interplay of Optics and Nanomaterials

Tue, Jul 10 2018, 10:30 - 11:30am EDT

The advance of nano-optics has provided a variety of avenues for light-matter interactions at the nanometer scale

Register Now: The 2018 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference

July 3, 2018 - December 2, 2018

The 2018 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference, taking place December 3-4, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio, Texas, will be jam-packed with speakers...

Data-Sharing Website May Speed Response to New Illegal Drugs

July 5, 2018

The drug overdose epidemic currently gripping the nation is so tenacious in part because it’s being driven by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that comes in many...

NIST Releases Draft Special Publication 800-71 for Public Comment: Key Establishment Using Symmetric Block Ciphers

July 2, 2018

Draft NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-71, Recommendations for Key Establishment Using Symmetric Block Ciphers, addresses key establishment techniques that use...

Development of Electro-Optical SI-Based Nanoscale Coupled Devices Towards Integrated Optical Communication

Thu, Jul 26 2018, 10:30 - 11:30am EDT

Silicon-based light-emitting devices are extremely desirable for the realization of integrated optical signal processing

NIST Publishes Special Publication (SP) 800-116 Revision 1, Guidelines for the Use of PIV Credentials in Facility Access

June 29, 2018

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 800-116 Revision 1, Guidelines for the Use of PIV Credentials in Facility Access. It provides best practice...

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NIST Shows Laser Ranging Can ‘See’ 3D Objects Melting in Fires

August 8, 2018

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used a laser detection and ranging (LADAR) system to image three-dimensional (3D)...

Bolstering Data Privacy and Mobile Security: An Assessment of IMSI Catcher Threats

June 27, 2018

Introduction Chairman Abraham, Ranking Member Beyer, and members of the Subcommittee, I am Charles Romine, the Director of the Information Technology...

NICE Released the Summer 2018 eNewsletter

June 26, 2018

The Summer 2018 NICE eNewsletter has been published to provide subscribers information on academic, industry, and government developments related to the...

Three New Standards Approved for OSAC Registry

June 26, 2018

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC) has approved three new standards for inclusion on the OSAC Registry. This registry...

Garcia, Gerskovic, Materese Receive Emmy® Award for Video, "Detective X"

Who Was Detective X? In the gangster era of Prohibition and the Great Depression, a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards, now NIST, brought modern ideas to the then-emerging field of forensic science. His name was Wilmer Souder. A physicist...

Cybersecurity Framework Webcast: Next Up!

Mon, Jul 9 2018, 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Speaker Presentation Lessons Learned in Using the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder with the Cybersecurity

NIST Reference Material 8366 for Cancer Biomarker EGFR and MET Measurements now available

June 25, 2018

NIST Reference Material 8366 for cancer biomarkers EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) and MET (proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase) gene copy number...

New Cell Lines Produce NIST Monoclonal Antibody for Improved Manufacturing of Biologic Drugs

July 31, 2018

When the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued the world’s first standardized monoclonal antibody (mAb) in July 2016, the exhaustively...

2018 Baldrige Case Study Offers Sample for Manufacturers, Other Organizations Seeking Innovation, Improvement

June 27, 2018

In the Baldrige program’s 1997 case study, the fictitious Gateway Estate Lawn Equipment Co. demonstrates how the Baldrige Criteria (part of the Baldrige...

Building a SMART Wind Consortium

Goal: Form a consortium of distributed wind energy equipment manufacturers, suppliers, customers, and university researchers and develop a...

Roadmapping for the Semiconductor Supply Chain

Goal: Initiate a complementary technology roadmapping effort that provides clear technical targets and research-and-development pathways for...

Charting the Course for Remanufacturing in the Circular Economy

Goal: Create a consortium to develop a technology roadmap for the expansion and advancement of capabilities and competitiveness of the...

Accelerating Advanced Superconductor Manufacturing

Goal: Develop an industry-wide consortium roadmapping effort to overcome the technological obstacles and accelerate growth of commercial...

Developing Technology Roadmaps for Photonics

Goal: Develop technology roadmaps for the photonics industry in the Rochester, New York region and lay the groundwork for a national...

Launching a Consortium for Additive Manufacturing Materials

Goal: Connect materials producers, research institutions, and end users to develop technologies needed for novel applications of new...

5572: Contract Review

Thu, Aug 15 2019

This 2 hour webinar will introduce the fundamentals of contract review that are necessary to meet customer expectations

Davina Pruitt-Mentle Receives the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education 2018 Government Leadership of the Year Award

Congratulations to Dr. Davina Pruitt-Mentle for receiving the 2018 Government Leadership of the Year Award. Pruitt-Mentle has spent over 20 years researching and coordinating cybersecurity education programs. She joined the National Initiative for...

Additive Manufacturing and NIST

June 18, 2018

Thank you, Lyle. Welcome everyone! NIST is excited to be hosting this inaugural symposium. And we’re pleased to have such a distinguished group of...

Partnering on Research and Innovation in Sustainable Manufacturing

Goal: Strengthen and expand an existing industry-led consortium and develop shared-vision R&D roadmaps to identify prospective next...

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