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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

Per the Secretary’s decision, the Judges Panel of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award federal advisory committee has not been...

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...

The NCNR Advanced Cold Neutron Source

After six years of safe and reliable operation, the liquid hydrogen cold source cryostat has been replaced by one with a new advanced design...

Catching Moonlight, for Science!

Turns out nobody knows exactly how bright the Moon is...but that could change soon. Space-based cameras look down at the Earth to help...

Update to NIST Special Publication 800-160, Systems Security Engineering

January 3, 2018

NIST Special Publication 800-160, Systems Security Engineering — Considerations for a Multidisciplinary Approach in the Engineering of Trustworthy Secure...

New NIST “EDGe$” Tool Can Help Communities Select Cost-Effective Resilience Projects

January 8, 2018

A powerful software-based technique for selecting cost-effective, infrastructure-based community resilience projects is now available to the public. The...

NIST Reports

Journal Papers

2023 Clavin, C.T., Helgeson, J., Malecha, M. et al. A Call for a National Community Resilience Extension Partnership to Bridge Resilience...

Information Technology Laboratory Videos

Created through collaboration between industry, academia and government, the voluntary NIST Cybersecurity Framework helps organizations...

Candidate Quantum-Resistant Cryptographic Algorithms Publicly Available

December 28, 2017

NIST posted Round 1 of comments on the Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization process. The 69 submissions are candidate quantum-resistant cryptographic...

Spectrum of Th-Ar Hollow Cathode Lamps, Description of Tables

A description of the tabulated data is given in table 1. The Ritz wavenumbers or wavelengths and uncertainties in columns 1 & 2 are taken...

Spectrum of Th-Ar Hollow Cathode Lamps, Line Lists

The line lists used in the atlas are taken from several sources as follows: Th I-III Thorium lines were taken from Table VI of Redman, Nave...

Spectrum of Th-Ar Hollow Cathode Lamps, Spectra Used in Atlas

The spectra used in the atlas were taken from the archives of the NIST 2-m FTS or the archive of the FTS at the National Solar Observatory...

Spectrum of Th-Ar Hollow Cathode Lamps, Bibliography

Burns, Adams, and Longwell (1950) (BAL) K. Burns, K. B. Adams, and J. Longwell, “Interference Measurements in the Spectra of Neon and...

NIST 2017 Awards Recognize ITL Staff for Outstanding Performance

December 13, 2017

At the 45th Annual NIST Awards Ceremony, 16 ITL employees were recognized for their service to the country. The ceremony was held Dec. 13, 2017, concurrently...

NIST Releases "Trustworthy Email" Special Publication

December 15, 2017

The report provides recommendations for state-of-the art email security technologies to detect and prevent phishing and other malicious email messages.

NIST on a Chip Workshop

Wed, Feb 28 - Thu, Mar 1 2018

On February 28 to March 1, 2018, NIST will host the NIST on a Chip Workshop. Members of industry, government, and

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