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Gaithersburg

SURF Application Webinar

Wed, Jan 17 2018, 1:30 - 3:00pm EST

Are you interested in gaining hands-on research experience at NIST through a unique summer internship opportunity

Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and NIST Director Walter G. Copan at a podium in front of a screen showing the words 45th Annual NIST Awards Ceremony.

NIST 2017 Awards Recognize Staff for Outstanding Performance

December 19, 2017

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) this week recognized more than 150 staff members for...

Compliance FAQs: RoHS

This content last updated FEBRUARY 2021. (Note: Content may not be the most current.) What is RoHS? I don’t sell in Europe; does RoHS apply...

CFReDS

Please visit our official CFReDS Site. NIST is developing Computer Forensic Reference Data Sets (CFReDS) for digital evidence. These...

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New NIST Spectrometer Measures Single Photons with Great Precision

December 18, 2017

Future communications networks that are less vulnerable to hacking could be closer to reality with an invention that measures the properties of single-photon...

Head Health Challenge: Preventing Head Trauma from Football Field to Shop Floor to Battlefield

December 13, 2017

Referenced Speaker

Michael J. Fasolka

Introduction Chairwoman Comstock, Ranking Member Lipinski, and Members of the Committee, I am Mike Fasolka, Acting Director of the Material Measurement Lab at...

sphere-shaped particles of different sizes on a nanometer-scale staircase with 7 steps

Atomic Blasting Creates New Devices to Measure Nanoparticles

December 14, 2017

Like sandblasting at the nanometer scale, focused beams of ions ablate hard materials to form intricate three-dimensional patterns. The beams can create tiny...

General Lab Equipment

Image Make and Model Device Type Location(s) Labconco Dishwasher Dishwasher E138 Corning PC-420 Stirrer Hot Plate Most Corning PC-420D...

New NIST Forensic Tests Help Ensure High-Quality Copies of Digital Evidence

December 12, 2017

Data found on a suspect’s computer, cell phone or tablet can prove to be crucial evidence in a legal case. A new set of software tools developed at the National...

Computer Forensics Tools & Techniques Catalog

The primary goal of the Tool Catalog is to provide an easily searchable catalog of forensic tools. This enables practitioners to find tools...

ACMD Seminar: Quantum Computation: from philosophy to technology in one generation

Stephen P. Jordan Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, NIST Thursday, January 4, 2018, 15:00 - 16:00 Building 101, Portrait...

Webcast: Cybersecurity Framework

Wed, Dec 20 2017, 2:00 - 4:00pm EST

Captions will be available by Monday, January 8, 2018. Webcast Agenda: Both topics, Framework Overview and

Illustration showing lines of electrical force around an opening to a cell.

Scientists Channel Graphene to Understand Filtration and Ion Transport into Cells

December 8, 2017

Tiny pores at a cell’s entryway act as miniature bouncers, letting in some electrically charged atoms—ions—but blocking others. Operating as exquisitely...

Richard Kuhn - 2017 IEEE Fellow

Congratulations to Richard Kuhn for receiving the 2017 IEEE Fellow Award for contributions to access control and combinatorial test methods.

Northwestern University

Center for Technology and Innovation Management NIST Standards Services Group Education Challenge Grant Awardee (2012) Standards in Context...

2018.02 ASTM E54.09, Gaithersburg, MD

2018 - Monday February 26 2018 - Friday March 02 2018 ASTM E54.09 Standard Committee Meeting National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Michigan State University

Michigan State University received awards in 2012, 2015, and 2017. College of Arts and Letters, Department of Philosophy; Department of...

MML Releases Updated Phase Equilibria Diagram Database (NIST SRD31)

November 27, 2019

Version 4.4 of Phase Equilibria Diagrams (Standard Reference Database 31) is now available to the research community. The database provides maps of the...

Georgetown University

College of Arts & Sciences, Communication, Culture and Technology Program NIST Standards Services Group Education Challenge Grant Awardee...

Joshua Lubell Receives 2017 GCN dig IT Award

Congratulations to Joshua Lubell on his 2017 GCN dig IT award! Josh won for his development of Baseline Tailor, an app designed to help users implement the NIST Cybersecurity Framework more easily. More: https://gcn.com/…/2…/10/05/dig-it-cyber...

American Leadership in Quantum Technology

October 24, 2017

Introduction Chairwoman Comstock, Ranking Member Lipinski, Chairman Weber, Raking Member Veasey, and members of the Subcommittees, I am Dr. Carl Williams...

Bolstering the Government’s Cybersecurity: Assessing the Risk of Kaspersky Lab Products to the Federal Government

October 25, 2017

Introduction Chairman LaHood, Ranking Member Beyer, and members of the Subcommittee, I am Donna Dodson, Director of the National Cybersecurity Center of...

2018 NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference - Save The Date

Mon, Dec 3 - Tue, Dec 4 2018

2018 NICE K12 CYBERSECURITY EDUCATION CONFERENCE REGISTER TODAY DATE: DECEMBER 3 - 4, 2018 LOCATION: SAN

APT&M Workshops, Tutorials, and Discussions

Atom Probe Tomography and Microscopy 2018 (Past Event) Workshop Organizers Affiliation Topic Austin Akey Harvard University Measurement...

APT&M Confirmed Invited Speakers

Atom Probe Tomography and Microscopy 2018 (Past Event) Confirmed Invited Speakers Affiliation Country Frédéric Danoix Université de Rouen...

Spotlight: Static Analysis Tool Expositions Article Published in Journal of Cyber Security and Information Systems

November 2, 2017

Members of ITL’s Software and Systems Division published an article in the Journal of Cyber Security and Information Systems(link is external) that discusses...

Update to Cybersecurity Framework

December 5, 2017

NIST published the second draft of the proposed update to the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity . This second draft update aims to...

EQUIPMENT CONTACTS

General Questions and Scheduling: Yamali Hernandez, Team Leader Equipment Contacts: Liquid He (Orange) Cryostats (ILLs): Yegor Vekhov...

The Community Resilience Panel Transitions to a Workshop Format

December 4, 2017

Note: Several recent media reports have inaccurately described NIST’s decision to conclude the Panel’s efforts and transition to a workshop format to achieve...

OSAC Technical Guidance Documents

OSAC Technical Guidance Documents are OSAC produced and published documents that support the development or implementation of a standard...

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