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Wireless Access Networks Publications

Journals X. Ge, Y. Sun, H.Gharavi, and J. Thompson, “ Joint Optimization of Computation and Communication Power in Multi-user Massive...

Harmful Algal Blooms in Their True Colors

August 26, 2016

Explosive growth of cyanobacteria, also called blue-green algae, is nothing new. In fact, such cyanobacteria probably produced the original oxygen in Earth's

NIST Exhibits at the 2016 International Conference on Ionizing Processes (ICIP)

Mon, Oct 10 - Fri, Oct 14 2016

NIST will exhibit at the 2016 International Conference on Ionizing Processes (ICIP). For over six decades, researchers

Wireless Access Networks

These projects/programs investigate the future generations of wireless technology relying on physical, MAC layer and network layers to design the advanced ad

Image of a wheelchair in front of an elevator

NIST Study Provides Voice for Evacuation Needs of Mobility Impaired

August 26, 2016

A fire alarm sounds. An announcement comes over the office public address system: "A fire has been reported in the building. This is not a drill. Please move to

ASTM E60.13 Standards

Workshop on manufacturing in a circular economy NIST and ASTM International hosted a standards roadmapping workshop on April 20-21. Read the...

Counting Down to the New Ampere

August 25, 2016

After it's all over, your lights will be just as bright, and your refrigerator just as cold. But very soon the ampere -- the SI base unit of electrical current

Grants to Foster More Secure Online Access to Online Government and Health Care Services

August 25, 2016

GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded six pilot grants totaling more than $15

5463: Medium-Capacity Scales

Tue, May 23 - Thu, May 25 2017

This 2-1/2 day seminar will teach students how to properly inspect and test medium capacity scales. That is, perform an

Cybersecurity and Privacy Applications

Addressing critical cybersecurity and privacy needs through the development, integration, and promotion of standards and guidelines, tools and technologies, methodologies, tests, and measurements.

5460: NIST Handbook 130 - Uniform Packaging and Labeling Regulations (3 day)

Tue, Jun 20 - Thu, Jun 22 2017

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

Measuring Tiny Forces with Light

August 24, 2016

Photons are bizarre: They have no mass, but they do have momentum. And that allows researchers to do counterintuitive things with photons, such as using light

An Optical Method of Sorting Nanoparticles by Size

August 17, 2016

NIST scientists have devised and modeled a unique optical method of sorting microscopic and nanoscopic particles by size, with a resolution as fine as 1

5436: Mass Metrology Seminar

Mon, May 15 - Fri, May 26 2017

The Mass Metrology Seminar is a 2 week, "hands-on" seminar. It incorporates approximately 30 percent lectures and 70

5435: Mass Metrology Seminar

Mon, Mar 13 - Fri, Mar 24 2017

The Mass Metrology Seminar is a 2 week, "hands-on" seminar. It incorporates approximately 30 percent lectures and 70

5461: NIST Handbook 133 - Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods - Basic

Mon, Mar 13 - Fri, Mar 17 2017

This 4.5 day seminar will focus on the requirements and basic test procedures for packages labeled by weight. This will

Fifteen Organizations to Receive Site Visits for 2016 Baldrige Award

August 22, 2016

The Judges Panel for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) chose 15 organizations to proceed to Site Visit Review, the final stage of the

Products and Services

Image Group Open Source Server (NIGOS) Encrypting Software/Data for Transmission to NIST Software Biometric Evaluation Framework Fingerprint...

Image Group Resources

Biometric Special Databases and Software Biometrics Evaluations INCITS Standardized Biometric Data Image Group Publications (by year) Image...

TE Challenge Phase I Capstone Event

Tue, Sep 20 2016

The NIST Transactive Energy Challenge Phase I Capstone virtual meeting is the culmination of our TE Challenge first year

Three-dimensional culture of human breast cancer cells, with DNA stained blue and a protein in the cell surface membrane stained green.

NIST and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Help Ensure Accurate Clinical Measurements of HER2 Breast Cancer Gene

August 17, 2016

A new measurement standard developed by the National Institute of Standards of Technology (NIST) has been used successfully by the Frederick National Laboratory