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5566: Conducting an Effective Management Review - Reschedule

Thu, Mar 7 2019

This 2-hour webinar introduces the Laboratory Management Review process, an important tool to foster communication

Computers That Think Like People?

NIST researchers have built what may be the missing piece for ‘artificial brains.’ Computers do many things better than our brains can. But...

5564: Calibration Certificate Evaluation - Reschedule

Tue, Aug 6 - Thu, Aug 8 2019

This 4-hour webinar is conducted on two days, with a 2-hour session on each day. The learning event will introduce

5570: Advanced Mass Seminar

Mon, Apr 29 - Thu, May 9 2019

This 9 day, hands-on mass calibration seminar focuses on the comprehension and application of the advanced mass

Nadine DeJesus

Group Manager for Network Agreements Management A Group Nadine DeJesus is a Group Manager for the A Group in the Networks Agreements...

A New Way to Measure Energy in Microscopic Machines

June 8, 2018

What drives cells to live and engines to move? It all comes down to a quantity that scientists call “free energy,” essentially the energy that can be extracted...

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...

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