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NIST Shares Preliminary Findings From Hurricane Maria Investigation

July 14, 2025

As NIST’s National Construction Safety Team nears the end of its investigation, it has released a video update that highlights significant milestones and

A man wearing a yellow hardhat and fire-resistant jacket points to burnt frame of a window.

NIST’s Alex Maranghides Receives Service to America Medal

July 17, 2025

The award recognizes Maranghides for 25 years of work investigating devastating wildfires in the United States and creating actionable guidelines on how to save

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MixMaSTR DNA Validation Software

MixMaSTR: A Software Package for Designing and Interpreting Forensic DNA Validation Studies.

Theory: Turning noisy intermediate scale quantum information processing into practical quantum computing

The goal of this theory effort is to help turn noisy intermediate scale quantum information processing into practical quantum computing. To do so, our research

Atom-scale Devices: Engineering, Metrology and Manufacturability

The goal of this program is to achieve complete control over the placement of atoms and molecules for the fabrication, characterization and validation of atom

Theory: Designing the Nanoworld

Nano and atomic scale theory of the electronic, magnetic and optical properties of ultrasmall structures, such as semiconductor quantum dots and dopants in Si

Analog quantum simulators (AQS) Figure 1

Silicon-based Solid-State Analog Quantum Simulators

One of the first successes of quantum information technology is likely to be small-to-medium-scale analog quantum simulators (AQS). Such simulators will be

Connecting Quantum Electronics and Photonics using Silicon Color Centers

Silicon color centers—optically active, atomic-scale silicon lattice defects—are promising candidates for developing electrically driven, single-photon sources

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2077 Overview of Mass Metrology Principles for AFRIMETS

Wed, Aug 13 2025, 11:00am - 1:00pm UTC (7:00 - 9:00am EDT)

This 2-hour webinar will provide a basic overview of mass metrology principles for the participants within the AFRIMETS

NCAL: Thermal Imaging Systems

Thermal imaging systems are available in the NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting. These cameras can be used to measure adiabatic heating during mechanical

NCAL: Uniaxial Test Machines

A variety of uniaxial test machines are available in the NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting. These include servo-hydraulic and screw-driven test frames

NCAL: Intermediate Strain Rate Test Machine

An intermediate strain rate test machine is available in the NIST Center for Automotive Lightweighting. The actuator for this test machine can move at speeds up

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NIST Releases Trove of Genetic Data to Spur Cancer Research

July 16, 2025

NIST and collaborating institutions have released extensive data about the genome of pancreatic cancer cells.

Glenn Bell is Awarded the 2025 IStructE Gold Medal

Since 1922, IStructE’s Gold Medal has been awarded for outstanding contributions to the advancement of structural engineering. It is

TREC2025

Mon, Nov 17 - Fri, Nov 21 2025

Due to a lapse in annual appropriations for the Department of Commerce, NIST conferences have been paused; registration

2025 NIST-NSF Disaster Resilience Research Grant Symposium

Tue, Aug 12 2025, 10:00am - 5:00pm EDT

In cooperation with the National Science Foundation, the Engineering Laboratory at NIST, Gaithersburg, will host the

Alexander Maranghides Receives the 2025 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal

For decades of important research into how fires that occur in communities adjacent to wildlands spread, what can be done to prevent them

2025 - Resolve Award---Lili Wang

The Resolve Award celebrates individuals who uplift the world through science. Lili Wang of the NIST Material Measurement Laboratory was

2024 ASA Founders Award - Julia Sharp

The American Statistical Association’s Founders Award recognizes members who have rendered distinguished service to the association and

NIST LabCAS: Data Driven Science Architecture and Resource

NIST Laboratory Catalog and Archive Service (LabCAS) is a data management and processing system designed to capture, document, search, integrate, and analyze

Julia Sharp elected Vice President of the American Statistical Association

Julia Sharp has been elected to serve as Vice President of the American Statistical Association (ASA). During her tenure, she seeks to use

ACMD Seminar: Elastic Functional Bayesian Model Calibration

Derek Tucker Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Statistical Sciences, Sandia National Laboratories Tuesday, July 15, 2025, 3:00-4:00...

ACMD Seminar: Transmission lines, quantum and classical

Stephen Sorokanich Quantum Fellow at Air Force Research Laboratories, Information Institute Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 3:00-4:00 PM ET (1:00-2...

Jeff Voas appointed IEEE Security & Privacy Editor-in-Chief

Congratulations to Jeff Voas on his selection as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Security & Privacy. Jeff is honored to continue helping NIST staff

Metric Meal (Option 2)

The Metric Meal (option 2) focuses exclusively on length measurements and uses a multidisciplinary approach to build measurement skills...

Everyday Objects (Option 1)

During this activity, participants will collaborate in small groups to earn points as they become familiar with metric (SI) mass, length...

Research Under Pressure: NIST Scientists Make Definitive Measurement of the Optical Pascal

June 26, 2025

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have overcome a key obstacle to measuring gas pressure with a

Building Trust in Forensic Science: Footwear Analysis

NIST statisticians are improving forensic science by questioning how evidence is interpreted and creating tools to support examiners.

Machine Learning and Threshold Analysis of Sensor Data for Cooktop Fire Prevention

Cooking equipment is involved in nearly half of home fires in the United States, with cooktop fires the leading cause of deaths and injuries in cooking-related

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Advancing Statistical Methods for Next-Generation Clock Networks

Atomic clocks are key to a wide array of technologies and scientific experiments, including tests of fundamental physics. SED staff accounted for the effects of

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