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Gaithersburg

NIST Exhibits at the 2017 AAAS Meeting

Sat, Feb 18 - Sun, Feb 19 2017

NIST will exhibit at the 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting. Hynes Convention Center Booth Number 29 The AAAS Family Science Days

RAMPS Communities

The Regional Alliances and Multistakeholder Partnerships to Stimulate (RAMPS) Cybersecurity Education and Workforce Development (RAMPS...

NIST Biometric Scores Set (BSSR1)

A set of raw output similarity scores from two c. 2002 face recognition systems and one c. 2004 fingerprint system, operating on frontal...

Fleisher Awarded Kaminow Prize by the Optical Society of America - Adam J. (AJ) Fleisher

Adam J. (AJ) Fleisher of MML's Gas Sensing Metrology Group has been awarded the Ivan P. Kaminow Young Professional Prize by the Optical Society of America (OSA). During the past year, AJ was heavily involved in several high-profile OSA activities...

Fracture surface of additive manufactured titanium alloy

NIST Releases Findings from the NIST/ASTM Workshop on Mechanical Behavior of Additive Manufacturing Components

January 6, 2017

The worldwide market for additive manufacturing (AM) products and services is projected to exceed US$6.5 billion by 2019 [1]. Despite this prediction, there are...

Post Doctoral Research Opportunities

Microscopy and Microanalysis Research Group Electronic Structure of Organic Interfaces Super-Resolution Chemical Imaging Microscopy Life...

How Sweet It Is: NIST Metrology and the Maple Syrup Industry

January 4, 2017

NIST is frequently asked to provide unusual, sometimes downright exotic, measurements and calibrations in support of U.S. commerce. But even old hands in the...

Improving Measurement for Smokestack Emissions

Wed, Jun 28 - Thu, Jun 29 2017

Through measurement science, enable the owners of stationary sources (primarily the electric power industry) and their

NICE Community Coordinating Council Meeting Agendas and Notes

Meetings Calendar Year 2026 January 27, 2026 | Agenda | Minutes

The Research Library’s NIST awardees excel at customer service

January 4, 2017

The NIST Research Library features both excellent basic library services and innovative resources that go far beyond traditional library offerings. This was in...

NICE Community Coordinating Council

Structure and Leadership | Project Teams | Meeting Information | How Can I Join? | Mailing List Etiquette The NICE Community Coordinating...

Electron-matter Interactions: From Imaging to Synthesis

Mon, Jan 16 2017, 10:30 - 11:30am EST

Tanya Gupta Princeton University My research has primarily focused on characterization methods and testing of

Journal of Research of NIST Article Types

The Journal of Research of NIST ( JRes NIST) accepts dataset and software articles, tutorials, and tech transfer briefs, in addition to the...

Two for One: Simultaneous Size and Electrochemical Measurement of Nanomaterials

March 6, 2012

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have done a mash-up of two very different experimental techniques—neutron scattering...

Electron Microscopy Frontiers: Opportunities and Challenges

Wed, Mar 8 - Thu, Mar 9 2017

The Material Measurement Laboratory at NIST is conducting this planning workshop to identify measurement gaps that are

Illustration of athletic field on cell phone

NIST Guide Provides Way to Tackle Cybersecurity Incidents with Recovery Plan, Playbook

December 22, 2016

“ Defense ! Defense ! ” may be the rallying cry from cybersecurity teams working to thwart cybersecurity attacks, but perhaps they should be shouting “Recover...

Anne Plant Elected AAAS Fellow

MML Division Chief Dr. Anne Plant has been elected to the rank of fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) by the AAAS Council. Plant was recognized for "distinguished contributions to the field of quantitative biology...

Assessing the Impact of NIST's Forensic Publications and Collaborations

December 21, 2016

The 2016 Forensics@NIST conference was held on November 8 th and 9 th, 2016 on the NIST Gaithersburg Campus. Presentations and posters included the latest NIST...

2017 International Forensic Science Error Management Symposium

Mon, Jul 24 - Thu, Jul 27 2017

News story: Speaking of Error in Forensic Science At the International Forensic Science Error Management Symposium at

Leadership

How To Tell When a Nanoparticle is Out of Shape

December 20, 2016

Nanoparticles -- those with diameters less than one-thousandth the width of a human hair -- are increasingly prevalent in high technology, medicine, and...

Obrzut Receives the 2016 International Electrotechnical Commission's (IEC) 1906 Award

Dr. Jan Obrzut is recognized for his essential contributions to support the development of graphene standardization in IEC/TC 113. As the project leader of IEC/TC 62607-6-4, he and his team developed the first Technical Specification on graphene in...

NIST Asks Public to Help Future-Proof Electronic Information

December 20, 2016

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is officially asking the public for help heading off a looming threat to information security: quantum...

Privacy Office

NIST is committed to safeguarding personal privacy. Individual trust in the privacy and security of personally identifiable information is a...

ACMD Seminar: Data-driven fractal modeling for blackout and malicious threat detection

Edmond Jonckheere Professor, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California Tuesday, January 24, 2017 15...

Developing Conformity Assessment Guidance: A NIST Workshop

Tue, Feb 28 2017

On February 28, 2017, NIST is hosting a workshop in Gaithersburg, MD to engage the conformity assessment community in

Understanding Ferroelectricity in Perovksite-like Metal-Organic Frameworks through EPR, NMR, and AC Dielectric Permittivity Measurements

Thu, Jan 5 2017, 11:00am - 12:00pm EST

Nandita Abhyankar Florida State University Perovskite-like metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) of the ABX3 type have

A gas detection chip for monitoring air quality

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