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Department of Commerce and NIST Announce CHIPS Research and Development Letter of Intent with xLight, Inc. for Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography

December 1, 2025

WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Research and Development Office, part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), announced...

2025 APS Fellow - Joseph A Dura

For pioneering in-situ and in-operando neutron reflectometry to probe interfacial structures of importance to energy storage, including the first in-operando measurement of the solid electrolyte interphase layer relevant to Li-ion batteries and the...

Searching for Sterile Neutrinos

November 24, 2025

In an effort to solve several fundamental mysteries about the cosmos, physicists have been searching for more than two decades for a proposed elementary...

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Building a Sustainable Metals Infrastructure: NIST Report Highlights Key Strategies

November 20, 2025

Making metals processing more sustainable and resilient will support U.S industrial innovation and competitiveness.

System and Decision Science for Plastics

Increasing plastic circularity requires an understanding of supply chains, economics, and manufacturing systems. The following outlines NIST...

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2025 - ChemLuminary Award---Chris Stafford, Chris Soles, Et Al.

Chris Stafford and Chris Soles (NIST Material Measurement Laboratory) and Dhriti Nepal (Air Force Research Laboratory) were selected for the ChemLuminary Award “Outstanding Global Partnership” for building an international bridge between two...

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2025 - ChemLuminary Award---PoWER Team

The PoWER: Polymer Women Empowerment & Research team was selected for the ChemLuminary Award “Most Unique Project funded by a Division Innovative Project Grant” for advancing equity and inclusion in polymer science. The project blended research...

2025 IEEE SA Emerging Technology Award - IEEE N42.59 Working Group

For the development of the first imaging performance standard for millimeter-wave systems for security screening of humans.

1906 Award - Jack Glover

In recognition for his effective leadership of SC 45B/WG 17, as well as his role as project leader of IEC 62463:2024, Radiation protection instrumentation — X-ray systems for the security screening of persons.

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2025 - Award in Recognition of Technical and Scientific Excellence---Ashley Beasley Green, David Bunk, and Melissa Phillips

Ashley Beasley Green, David Bunk, and Melissa Phillips of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory received the Award in Recognition of Technical and Scientific Excellence from AOAC International for their work as members of the AOAC Gluten and Food...

OSAC Redefines Structure, Authorities, and Processes for Greater Impact

NIST has made some important changes to OSAC's organizational structure, authorities, and processes, effective October 1, 2025. These...

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Improving Composition Analysis and Sorting of Plastics

Increasing the quantity and quality of recycled plastics requires fast, accurate, and robust identification and sortation methods. Data and...

SAMAD. (System for AM Metal Alloy Development )

System for AM Metal Alloy Development (SAMAD)

To accelerate the design of new alloys for additive manufacturing and to investigate alternate processing methods, a custom built laser powder-blown directed

MMSD Staff Release 2025 Version of SRD31, Phase Equilibria Diagrams (PED)

November 25, 2025

Phase Equilibria Diagrams (PED) Version 6.0 of SRD31 is now commercially available with a new custom windowing system that improves and streamlines use of the...

OSAC's Wildlife Forensic Biology Subcommittee Develops Process Map

September 19, 2025

The Organization of Scientific Area Committees (OSAC) for Forensic Science’s Wildlife Forensic Biology Subcommittee has developed a process map that captures...

NanoFab Tool: ThermoFisher Helios 5 FX Dual Beam Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and Focused Ion Beam (FIB)

The ThermoFisher Helios 5 FX dual-beam microscope combines a monochromated field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) with an advanced focused ion

ACMD Seminar: Machine Learning for Scientific Data Analysis and Visualization

Han-Wei Shen Professor, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, The Ohio State University Tuesday, Sep 23, 2025, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00-2:00...

A semiconductor rendering at center with seven boxes, each illustrating: chemical kinetics & degree of cure; cure kinetics mapping; chemorheology & viscoelasticity; cure & hygrothermal induced warpage; cure & hygrothermal induced stress; extent of reaction & composition; and viscoelasticity mapping.

The “Soft Side” of Chips: NIST Advances Polymer Science for Semiconductor Packaging

September 10, 2025

After powering five decades of innovation, Moore’s Law is faltering. Here’s how the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping the...

NanoFab Tool: SPTS Omega LPX Deep Silicon Etcher

The SPTS Omega LPX deep silicon etcher is an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching system used for etching deep features in silicon. The tool uses a fast

In Quantum Sensing, What Beats Beating Noise? Meeting Noise Halfway.

September 10, 2025

A team including scientists at NIST may have found a new way of dealing with noise at the microscopic scales where quantum physics reigns.

Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer Calibration Laboratory (SPRTCL)

The Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer Calibration Laboratory (SPRTCL) is responsible for the development, maintenance, realization and dissemination of

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NIST’s ‘Living Reference Material’ Could Accelerate R&D of Lifesaving Biological Drugs

September 8, 2025

The NIST reference material, called NISTCHO, will help the biopharmaceutical industry develop new drugs more quickly and ensure that they are safe and effective...

CSF 2.0 Webinar Series: Deep-Dive into the CSF 2.0 Govern Function to Improve Cybersecurity

Tue, Oct 7 2025, 2:00 - 3:00pm EDT

One of the major updates to CSF 2.0 is the creation of the Govern Function, highlighting the importance of ensuring

Honoring Dr. Laura Sinclair - 2024 Arthur S. Flemming Awardee

NIST CTL Scientist Honored with 2024 Arthur S. Flemming Award

September 2, 2025

The National Institute of Standards and Technology Communications Technology Laboratory (NIST CTL) is proud to announce that Dr. Laura Sinclair has been...

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Autonomous Formulation Lab

The Autonomous Formulation Lab (AFL) at NIST links AI-driven experimental planning with robotic experimental platforms and in-situ small-angle scattering (SANS

Computational Materials For Qualification And Certification (CM4QC)

A collaboration of aviation companies, research and regulatory government agencies, and universities that are developing a strategy for incorporating

Some Air Cleaners Release Harmful By-Products. Now We Have a Way to Measure Them.

September 2, 2025

Many types of air cleaners can generate small amounts of air pollution. Until now, there was no standard way to measure these negative by-products.

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Linhua Tian, Paul DeRose, and Lili Wang Receive Editors Best Original Paper Award from Clinical Cytometry

Linhua Tian, Paul DeRose, and Lili Wang of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory are co-authors, along with NIH researchers*, on a manuscript titled “ Standardization of Flow Cytometric Detection of Antigen Expression.” This paper has been...

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NIST Revises Security and Privacy Control Catalog to Improve Software Update and Patch Releases

August 27, 2025

The catalog revision is part of NIST’s response to a recent executive order on strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity.

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