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NIST/EDRN Cancer Biomarker Collaboration

NIST supports the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Early Detection Research Network (EDRN) as a Biomarker Reference Laboratory by efficiently validating the

New Data Shows Expansion in Cybersecurity Worker Shortage

June 6, 2018

CyberSeek, a free cybersecurity workforce and career resource, has been updated to include new data collected from April 2017 to March 2018. This new data...

Return on Investment Public Forum Webcast

Thu, Jun 14 2018

ROI Initiative Public Meeting Slides (June 14th PPT) The ROI Request for Information (RFI) and the public meetings

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NIST Neutron Detection Method: Long-Sought Workaround to Helium Shortage?

June 11, 2018

Doctors use X-rays to see inside people, and scientists use neutrons to peer inside advanced materials and devices such as fuel cells to better understand and...

2018 Cybersecurity Risk Management Conference - Call for Speakers - Deadline Extension

Registration for the 2018 NIST Cybersecurity Risk Management Conference -- to be held November 7-9, 2018, at the Renaissance Baltimore...

NIST to Open Vacancy Announcement for Associate Director for Laboratory Programs

June 5, 2018

NIST expects to open a vacancy announcement for its Associate Director for Laboratory Programs (ADLP) position in mid-June 2018. Details about the position and...

Measurements and Theory for Predicting Stem Cell Stability

As we develop methods for engineering biology, we are faced with the dilemma of the very large numbers of different molecular species and reactions in cells

Drone Forensics Gets a Boost With New Data on NIST Website

June 5, 2018

Aerial drones might someday deliver online purchases to your home. But in some prisons, drone delivery is already a thing. Drones have been spotted flying drugs...

MML Measures Up

We help new industries grow and established industries thrive. NIST’s Material Measurement Laboratory (MML) contributes important research...

A Review of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP)

May 31, 2018

Introduction Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Johnson, and Members of the Committee, my name is Dr. Steven McCabe, and I am the Director of the National...

Radionuclide Metrology Meetings at NIST

Mon, Sep 10 - Fri, Sep 14 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be hosting a week of workshops and working group meetings

With Seven New Appointees on Board, Baldrige Judges and Overseers to Meet

June 4, 2018

The Baldrige Program will host a joint meeting this week of the Judges’ Panel and the Board of Overseers of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award at the...

OpenCLIR Challenge

The goal of the OpenCLIR (Open Cross Language Information Retrieval) Challenge is to develop methods to locate text and speech content in...

5575: Measurement Systems for Legal Metrology

Wed, Nov 7 2018

This 2-hour webinar will introduce measurement system basics, including the use of unit symbols, prefixes, and

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Four New Members Join NIST’s Technology Advisory Committee

May 31, 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) welcomes four new members to its Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT). This private-sector...

5574: Measurement Systems for Legal Metrology

Wed, Aug 1 2018

This 2-hour webinar will introduce measurement system basics, including the use of unit symbols, prefixes, and

U.S. Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security Release Report to President on Promoting Action Against Botnets and Other Automated Threats

May 30, 2018

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a report that offers a guide to government, civil...

CHAL-AMB2018-02-MP-xsection

Results Description for CHAL-AMB2018-02-AMMT-MP: Melt Pool Geometry – Width and Depth 1. Overview of Results Ten laser traces were created...

CFReDS Discontinued Data Sets

Data Set Description String Search (CFTT) Prototype CFTT String Search Test Image (Not in Final form and may change)

5560: NIST Handbook 133 - Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods - Basic

Mon, Apr 1 - Thu, Apr 4 2019

This 4 day seminar will focus on the requirements and basic test procedures for packages labeled by weight. This will

Data Driven

June 5, 2018

NIST accelerates the discovery of new materials critical to industry. NIST’s Material Measurement Lab provides data and computational resources to...

Technical Support

May 15, 2018

NIST’s nSoft consortium helps product developers solve difficult problems by giving them access to a powerful tool, unlike anything in an industry R&D lab, for...

Strength in Numbers

May 1, 2018

NIST is building an infrastructure for advanced data integration and management that promotes scientific innovation in the biological, chemical, and materials...

NIST engineer Rick Candell is seen monitoring the strength and clarity of a wireless signal run through a virtual factory environment (a graphic of which is seen on a monitor above Candell's head).

Want to Make Your Factory Wireless? NIST Can Guide You!

May 29, 2018

It’s been called the “smart factory” and even given the lofty moniker of “the fourth industrial revolution.” The manufacturing operation of the just-around-the...

Triatomic Spectral Database, Table A.2.1

Table A.2.1. Centrifugal Distortion Analysis of F 2O Transition $$J^{'}_{K^{'}_{P},~K^{'}_{O}}~~J^{''}_{K^{''}_{P},~K^{''}_{O}}$$...

Triatomic Spectral Database, Table A.2.2

Table A.2.2. New Millimeter Measurements on F 2O a $$J^{'}_{K^{'}_{-1},~K^{'}_{+1}}~-~J^{''}_{K^{''}_{-1},~K^{''}_{+1}}$$ Measured...

Triatomic Spectral Database, Rotational and Centrifugal Distortion Constants for F₂O

Rotational and Centrifugal Distortion Constants for 19F 2 16O NOTE: Reanalysis was carried out with new unpublished millimeter...

NIST Flammability Reduction Group Commissioned a Second Cone Calorimeter for Use in its Cone Calorimetry Lab

April 17, 2018

The NIST Flammability Reduction group recently commissioned a second cone calorimeter for use in its cone calorimetry lab. Originally developed in 1982 by...

Continuity Planning to Sustain Your Business Forum Being Offered in Puerto Rico

May 24, 2018

PRiMEX, the MEP Center in Puerto Rico and part of the MEP National Network, is offering a free forum on Continuity Planning to Sustain your Business—Tools to...

Triatomic Spectral Database, Appendix

1. Molecular Structures for Triatomic Molecules Although none of the structures reported in the literature were reanalyzed in the present...

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