Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Gaithersburg

Detecting Chemical Agents with Confidence

January 17, 2018

The Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) has become an important defense tool on battlefields and in war-torn cities over the last few years. About the size and

Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) Data Hub

NIST is collaborating with the DEA and the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany – Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) to develop a web-based forensic drug chemistry

NIST Releases Developing Trust Frameworks to Support Identity Federations (NIST IR 8149)

January 12, 2018

NIST releases Developing Trust Frameworks to Support Identity Federations (NIST IR 8149), a report that explores the concepts around trust frameworks and

NIST Releases Attribute Metadata – A Proposed Schema for Evaluating Federated Attributes (NIST IR 8112)

January 12, 2018

NIST releases Attribute Metadata – A Proposed Schema for Evaluating Federated Attributes (NIST IR 8112), a report that contains a metadata schema for attributes

NIST Releases Draft NISTIR 7511 Revision 5, Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.3 Validation Program Test Requirements

January 16, 2018

NIST releases DRAFT NISTIR 7511, Revision 5: Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.3 Validation Program Test Requirements. The National

2017 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers - Ian Spielman, Jake Taylor, Debbie Jin, and Jun Ye

The 2017 list focuses on contemporary research achievement: only Highly Cited Papers in science and social sciences journals indexed in the

A Stopwatch for Nanofluids: NIST Files Provisional Patent Application for Measuring Nanoliter Flow Rates

January 17, 2018

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has filed a provisional patent application for a microflow measurement system, about the size of a

photo of graduation certificate, book, and mortarboard

Four Universities Receive NIST Funding to Develop Standards Curricula

January 16, 2018

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made four awards totaling approximately $266,000 to

2018 NIST/OAGi Workshop: Enabling Composable Service-Oriented Manufacturing Systems

Mon, Apr 23 - Tue, Apr 24 2018

One of the most exciting new capabilities in Smart Manufacturing (SM) and Cyber-Physical Production Systems (CPPS) is

Robotic Assembly – Recent Advancements and Opportunities for Challenging R&D

Mon, Aug 20 2018

CASE 2018, Munich, Germany This workshop will be held at the 14th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science

CTL - 2018 SURF Gaithersburg Program

The Wireless Networks Division (WND) of the Communications Technology Laboratory (CTL) at the National Institu te of Standards and...

Judges Panel

Cary Hill (Chair) Results Coach Lead4Results Texas Term Ends: February 28, 2027 Keith T. Everett Louisiana Term Ends: February 28, 2027...

A Framework for Harmonizing Forensic Science Practices and Digital/Multimedia Evidence

January 11, 2018

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science (OSAC), which works to strengthen forensic science through the development of

Book Chapters

Dillard, M., C. Brooks, H. Fisher, H. Pietersen, A. Nijhuis, A. van Breda, and S. Durden (2021) Chapter 3: Engaging Communities and...

NIST Announces the Release of Special Publication 800-90B, Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random Bit Generation

January 10, 2018

NIST announces the release of Special Publication 800-90B, Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random Bit Generation. This Recommendation specifies

NSCI Seminar: A Runtime Systems Approach to Portability and Performance at Petascale and Exascale

Thu, Feb 15 2018

The coming of exascale computer architectures such as Argonne National Laboratory's A21 and the presence of very

ACMD Seminar: Numerical Methods for Studying Particle Dispersion in Non-Homogeneous Suspension Flows

Amanda Howard PhD Candidate, Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University Friday, March 9, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Building 101...

Memristive neuromorphic computing elements research at NRL

Wed, Jan 10 2018, 3:00 - 4:00pm EST

The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is engaging in multiple efforts to realize neuromorphic, or brain-inspired

NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid)

The "first-of-its-kind" in an entirely new class of reference material, NIST PS1 Primary Standard for quantitative NMR (Benzoic Acid) is now available! The PS

Allen V. Astin: Invited Address Before American Physical Society

May 1, 1953

Since the time I was first asked to speak at this meeting of the American Physical Society, events have occurred that are of appreciable importance to the...

Laboratory Management Web Application Goes Nationwide

January 8, 2018

Making reservations, accessing tools, and maintaining equipment at the CNST’s NanoFab got a lot easier five years ago when the CNST developed a customized

Journal of Research of NIST Volume 122

Volume 122 (2017) ISSN: 2165-7254 Journal of Research of NIST Article Types The NIST Johnson Noise Thermometry System for the...

Quantum Coherent Swapping in an Optomechanical System

Mon, Jan 8 2018, 3:00 - 4:00pm EST

Mechanical resonators provide a unique opportunity to study the limits of quantum mechanics in high mass systems

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

January 5, 2018

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security released a draft report to President Trump in response to the