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Gaithersburg

High-Throughput Experimental Materials Collaboratory (HTE-MC) Workshop

Wed, Feb 28 - Fri, Mar 2 2018

Why? There is no brick and mortar high-throughput experimental facility devoted to a complete MGI approach to the

Thanks, Bob: Expanding the Repertoire of NIST’s World-Class Coordinate Measuring Machines

January 30, 2018

The National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST) is home to one of the most sensitive machines in the world for measuring objects’ dimensions...

The image shows two regions with opposing chiral antiferromagnetic domains (gray/black) in the chiral antiferromagnet Mn3Sn.

Study Identifies Metallic Antiferromagnet with Potential for Memory Devices

January 29, 2018

Antiferromagnets have generated significant interest for future computing technologies due to their fast dynamics, their ability to generate and detect spin...

Shear Walls Fire (Phase 1)

This study experimentally investigates multi-hazard (earthquake & fire) interaction for steel-sheathed cold-formed steel (CFS) framed shear...

NIST Publications

2024 Meyer, Michelle, Leonardo Duenas-Osorio, Maria Dillard, Elaina Sutley (eds). (2024), The Lumberton, North Carolina Flood of 2016, Wave...

5546: Fundamentals of Metrology

Mon, Jun 11 - Fri, Jun 15 2018

The 5 day Fundamentals of Metrology seminar introduces participants to the concepts of measurement systems, units

5548: Livestock and Animal Scales

Tue, Apr 10 - Thu, Apr 12 2018

This 3 day seminar will teach students how to properly inspect and test livestock and animal scales, i.e., perform an

2017 Accomplishments

Useful Links

DHS TEST REPORTS NIJ'S E-CRIME SITE PUBLISHED TEST REPORTS (BEFORE MARCH 2013) COMPUTER FORENSICS TOOL CATALOG SOFTWARE & ALGORITHMS CATALOG...

Rules

This is a previous year's rules, which will be updated once we have finalized rules for ARIAC 2025. An Announcement will be sent out when...

NIST Releases Security Recommendations for Hypervisor Deployment on Servers (NIST SP 800-125A)

January 23, 2018

NIST released Security Recommendations for Hypervisor Deployment on Servers (NIST SP 800-125A), a report that provides recommendations on ensuring the secure...

An illustration of three file cabinets connected by red lines to convey the metaphor of blockchain technology

NIST Report on Blockchain Technology Aims to Go Beyond the Hype

January 24, 2018

Beguiling, baffling or both—that’s blockchain. Aiming to clarify the subject for the benefit of companies and other organizations, the National Institute of...

Grantee Performance Following the End to the Lapse in Appropriations

January 23, 2018

SEE DOCUMENT The lapse in federal appropriations has ended and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a bureau of the U.S. Department of...

Contract Performance Following the End to the Lapse in Appropriations

January 23, 2018

SEE DOCUMENT The lapse in federal appropriations has ended and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a bureau of the U.S. Department of...

Reminder for 2018 Baldrige Award Applicants: Send Eligibility Forms by February 14

January 22, 2018

If your organization or one you know is interested in applying for a 2018 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, please note that eligibility packages...

CIRMS 2018 Annual Meeting

Mon, Apr 16 - Wed, Apr 18 2018

This year’s topic is RADIATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE FUTURE. This is a great opportunity to participate in fruitful

The Pew Charitable Trusts Releases Improving Patient Care through Safe Health IT

December 18, 2017

The Pew Charitable Trusts releases Improving Patient Care through Safe Health IT, a report that explains how the usability of an electronic health record...

ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Releases a Draft Project Description, Energy Sector Asset Management

January 16, 2018

ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence releases a draft project description, Energy Sector Asset Management , to enhance the energy sector’s asset...

ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Releases Domain Name System-Based Electronic Mail Security (NIST SP 1800-6)

January 16, 2018

ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence releases Domain Name System-Based Electronic Mail Security (NIST SP 1800-6), a guide that contains a set of...

CNST Releases Fall Winter 2017 Edition of the CNST News

January 18, 2018

The NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST) is pleased to announce the release of the Fall/Winter 2017 edition of the CNST News. This quarterly...

Illustration of flat memristor device resting on titanium dioxide surface, with yellow electron beam impinging on memristor and ejecting electrons (balls of different colors).

Thanks for the Memory: NIST Takes a Deep Look at Memristors

January 18, 2018

In the race to build a computer that mimics the massive computational power of the human brain, researchers are increasingly turning to memristors, which can...

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...

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Gaithersburg

High-Throughput Experimental Materials Collaboratory (HTE-MC) Workshop

Thanks, Bob: Expanding the Repertoire of NIST’s World-Class Coordinate Measuring Machines

Study Identifies Metallic Antiferromagnet with Potential for Memory Devices

Shear Walls Fire (Phase 1)

NIST Publications

5546: Fundamentals of Metrology

5548: Livestock and Animal Scales

2017 Accomplishments

Useful Links

Rules

NIST Releases Security Recommendations for Hypervisor Deployment on Servers (NIST SP 800-125A)

NIST Report on Blockchain Technology Aims to Go Beyond the Hype

Grantee Performance Following the End to the Lapse in Appropriations

Contract Performance Following the End to the Lapse in Appropriations

Reminder for 2018 Baldrige Award Applicants: Send Eligibility Forms by February 14

CIRMS 2018 Annual Meeting

The Pew Charitable Trusts Releases Improving Patient Care through Safe Health IT

ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Releases a Draft Project Description, Energy Sector Asset Management

ITL’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence Releases Domain Name System-Based Electronic Mail Security (NIST SP 1800-6)

CNST Releases Fall Winter 2017 Edition of the CNST News

Thanks for the Memory: NIST Takes a Deep Look at Memristors

Detecting Chemical Agents with Confidence

Novel Psychoactive Substance (NPS) Data Hub

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

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

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

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

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

Four Universities Receive NIST Funding to Develop Standards Curricula

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