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Ready for Take-off, Thanks to NIST's Million-Pound Deadweight Machine

How a three-story stack of stainless steel makes sure your jet's wings do what they do best. The wings on an airliner, such as the Boeing...

Computer Forensics Tool Testing Program (CFTT)

Welcome to the Computer Forensics Tool Testing (CFTT) Project Web Site. There is a critical need in the law enforcement community to...

Cryo-Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy at High Resolution of Large Volumes

Fri, Jun 16 2017, 10:30 - 11:30am EDT

Light microscopy (LM) and electron microscopy (EM) each have their advantages for investigating biological problems. LM

A natural language processing approach to information indexing and searching

A novel root and rule-based natural language processing (NLP) approach to information indexing and searching

2017 Baldrige Award Applications Have Arrived

May 5, 2017

Twenty-four organizations from a variety of sectors and U.S. states have submitted applications for the 2017 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. Reflecting...

Safety and Security Technologies

The safety and security of citizens is enhanced when law enforcement and “criminal justice” agencies and the military use the appropriate and properly

Fingerprints

Fingerprints are the most commonly used biometric trait worldwide. Fingerprints are used to enroll populations into social services, allow...

The Electroshock Weapon (ESW)

The electroshock weapon (ESW), also known as a neuromuscular incapacitator, conducted energy weapon, conducted energy device, etc., is one...

Proposal Statistics December 2016 - May 2017

Instrument or instr. class Proposals received Proposals approved Oversubscription ** Days per approved proposal SANS 88 44 2.4 2.5 USANS 25...

Lidar

Lidar is the second most common technology employed in the United States by law enforcement agencies for vehicle speed enforcement. Almost...

VISION and VirtuES: High throughput Inelastic Neutron Scattering Spectrometer with dedicated computer modeling resources

Thu, May 11 2017, 10:45 - 11:45am EDT

Anibal J (Timmy) Ramirez-Cuesta Chemical and Engineering Materials Division, NScD, ORNL Abstract Molecular spectroscopy

$Microscopic imaging of the fracture surface of an alumina fiber reinforced composite. Shows the fibers embedded in the polymer resin.$

Structure and Performance in Hierarchical Nanotubes Networks

The inclusion of ordered nanomaterials into polymer resins, at volume fractions well above percolation, leads to unique anisotropic...

5511: NIST Handbook 133 "Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods" - Volumetric

Mon, Feb 5 - Thu, Feb 8 2018

This 4 day seminar will focus on the NIST Handbook 133 compliance requirements and test procedures for packages and

5512: Handbook 133 - Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods - Basic

Mon, May 14 - Thu, May 17 2018

This 4.0 day seminar will focus on the requirements and basic test procedures for packages labeled by weight. This will

Two vials, one with heroin and one with an equivalent dose of fentanyl, which is a much smaller amount.

Fentanyl Can Sicken First Responders. Here’s a Possible Solution.

May 9, 2017

Dan Kallen, a detective in southern New Jersey, was searching a home with fellow officers in August 2015, when they found a bag of white powder. Kallen removed...

Infrared Imaging

Infrared imaging is a very common safety, security, surveillance, and intelligence-gathering imaging technology. Although the infrared (IR)...

X-ray Imaging of Concealed Threats and Contraband

X-ray imaging systems are used throughout the country by domestic and military law enforcement, corrections, and security agencies. These...

NSCI Seminar: XSEDE National Cyberinfrastructure, NIST, and Supporting NCSI Objectives

Tue, May 23 2017

This presentation will provide an overview of the NSF-funded XSEDE (Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery

Schematic and photograph of the 350 GHz Millimeter Wave system. Graphic shows 1.3 m primary mirror, secondary mirror with dithering mechanism, and detector focal plane module. Inset photograph shows primary and secondary mirror assembly.

Millimeter Wave Imaging

Millimeter-wave technology for application in security screening and imaging has been an area of intense research over the last few years...

Structure-Property Relationships for High-Strength Materials

High-strength materials are used to protect wearers from injury due to ballistic and stab threats, as well as other potentially life-threatening incidents. The

CITEL States MRA Related Websites

Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) CITEL Permanent Consultative Committee I - Telecommunication Standardization Argentina...

Required Documents: Phase-II CAB Designation to IDA Singapore

The following list of documents must be submitted for U.S. CAB nomination under Phase II of the APEC TEL MRA for IMDA Singapore requirements...

Required Documents: Phase-II CAB Designation to OFCA - Hong Kong

CABs seeking to be designated by Hong Kong for Phase II must meet the requirements specified in the OFCA recognition_fcb_requirements_e.pdf...

Current Designated CABs

Phase I: testing laboratories Australia: Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) Canada: Innovation, Science and Economic...

CITEL MRA

Overview The Inter-American Telecommunication Commission Mutual Recognition Agreement for Conformity Assessment of Telecommunications...

APEC Tel MRA

Overview The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Mutual Recognition Arrangement for Conformity Assessment of Telecommunications Equipment...

NIST and the Nobel Credits/Feedback

Project Manager: Robin Materese Writers: Gabriel Popkin, Todd Neff Editors: Ben P. Stein, Laura Ost Art Curation and Direction: Kelly Irvine...

5506: NIST Handbook 130 - Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulations 4 day

Mon, Sep 25 - Thu, Sep 28 2017

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Office of Weights and Measures will hold a seminar for

Past SCO Training Events

Setting Standards: A Simulation Exercise in Strategy and Cooperation in Standardization Processes May 14, 2018 (NIST, 101 Heritage Room)...

A Faster Way to Calibrate Piston Gauges

May 2, 2017

For industry and government labs to ensure their pressure-measurement machines are working correctly, they need a reliable source of pressure. Often, that...

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